CNC Student Union Blasts Proposed Fee Increase

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Prince George, B.C. - The College of New Caledonia Students' Union is demanding that the CNC Board not increase tuition fees.  The Board announced Friday that it voted in favour of a 2% increase that will likely take effect August 1st. 

Students protested the move with a rally at the Prince George Campus.  CNC SU External affairs coordinator Alyssa Clark says the Board waited until its meeting in Burns Lake to vote on the tuition increase.

"We also need to shame the College for holding such an important decision at its furthest campus, away from the bulk of the students and media.  They could have visited regional campuses at any time, but why this meeting and why this decision?"

Clark says a 2% increase may not seem like much, but when it's compounded year after year, fees are further and further out of reach for students.

"With the rising costs of tuition and the lack of adequate funding, students are left to shoulder the responsibility of funding a system that is critical to the survival of our province."

The Students' Union says BC students and their families face an average debt load of $27,000 when they graduate, a higher number than the national average.

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