CNC Announces Tuition Hike for Next Year
Friday, November 28, 2014 @ 4:07 PM
Prince George, B.C.- Tuition at CNC will be increasing by 2% for the 2015/16 academic year.
CNC’s Board of Governors voted today in favour of the boost, which is estimated will add about $5 more per course for students.
Depending on enrolment, the increase could pump another $115 thousand dollars into the College’s coffers.
“Ensuring that CNC programming is affordable for students is very important to us,” said CNC President Henry Reiser, “so the increase is limited only to adjust for inflation and rising operational costs.”
The annual 2% increase is standard for B.C. public post secondary institutions.
“Even with the increase,” says Reiser, “CNC will remain one of the most affordable postsecondary institutions in all of B.C.”
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2% isn’t even keeping up to inflation, lucky for,the students. Going to college and living on ones own for,the first place is an excellent time to learn about budgeting.
A 2% increase doesn’t come remotely close to making up the difference between rising costs and the ever decreasing funding from the province. This year, the reduction was 1%, which when combined with 2.3% inflation means a reduction in operating expenditures of 3.3% and a shortfall of 1.8 million. So much for any sort of investment in the future from the Liberals.
Post secondary education is already heavily subsidized. A 2% increase is a bargain.
JB, would you prefer education be run like the American system where only the rich can afford it? The oil industry is subsidized to the tune a billion dollars a year, which really is a subsidy; education is an investment in human capital.
We subsidize education enough. Maybe you’re one of those people that demands education be ‘free’. Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way. The system we have now is fine, with the student picking up some of the cost.
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