If all current law
school tuition freezes and regulations (i.e. price controls) were lifted, it is easy to conceive of rapid and substantial tuition hikes from coast to coast.
So, to be blasphemous, there is no valid public policy reason why B.C. needs law
school tuition frozen at artificially low levels when it is $ 5,000 to $ 15,000 higher in Ontario.
Not exact matches
«We support a
tuition freeze, but we also want to make sure the SUNY and CUNY
schools in the state of New York have what they need to do what their mission is,» Heastie said.
Because a similar
freeze on charter
school per - pupil
tuition payments required from
school districts was included in the rejected bill, districts will face higher costs of $ 70 million across the state.
Tuition at the State University of New York will be
frozen, and charter
schools will get more money.
According to a Democratic assemblyman, base
tuition aid would stay
frozen in the coming
school year.
In a one - house budget proposal, the New York State Assembly rejected Governor Andrew Cuomo's plan to shift substantial portions of City University of New York (CUNY) costs to New York City, and recommended a two - year
tuition freeze at CUNY and State University of New York (SUNY)
schools.
Politico NY reports that there may be a compromise in the works, in which the
freeze would continue, but charter
schools would still see a boost in per - pupil
tuition reimbursements.
«The tax on books and the closure of libraries is an attack on writers, bookstore owners, publishers, and students (who are being hit by this budget six ways to Sunday, through
school closures, deep cuts to the university, threats to the
tuition freeze, the loss of grants, job losses in the community colleges, and a hike in the price of already - expensive textbooks).
George Mason University
School of Law has agreed to
freeze its
tuition — for the time being.
Sarah Rankin of the University of Toronto law
school indicates in The Globe that 2/3 of the faculty there have called for a
tuition freeze.
-- in law
schools or jurisdictions (such as Quebec) where
tuition has either been
frozen or has risen by an amount more in line with inflation, are more law
school graduates servicing targeted clients as compared to law
schools or jurisdictions where
tuition has increased in excess of the inflation rate?
Likewise, Ontario had a
tuition freeze until 2006, then permitted annual
tuition fee increases up to 5 % (8 % for graduate
schools), and now limits increases to 3 % (5 % for graduate
schools).
Alberta's Advanced Education Minister announced that a one - year
tuition freeze would make «education more accessible for our students, particularly from low - income families ``, while overlooking that the estimated $ 16.5 million revenue
freeze followed a $ 147 million cut to operating grants for the province's post-secondary
schools.
The artificial
freeze on
tuition in B.C. law
schools is an example of «public policy gone wrong.»
They were discussing how they can't sleep well at night because they're unable to raise law
school tuition to levels charged in other parts of Canada because of a B.C. government mandated
tuition freeze that applies to both undergraduate faculties and professional
schools.
But in addition to being a subsidy for wealthier law students and soon - to - be-wealthier lawyers, the
freeze on law
school tuition has created a market for non-B.C.
B.C. universities aren't going to get any more money from government (that's obvious), but a
freeze on law
school tuition means that UVic and UBC will find it harder to attract the «best and brightest» legal scholars and may well have to lay off support staff.