UNBC Board to Look at Tuition Hike

Friday, March 31, 2006 11:59 AM

The UNBC Board of Governors meets in the Senate Chambers tomorrow at 9am

The Board of Governors for the University of Northern B.C. will huddle this weekend to look at a possible increase in tuition rates.

The Board will examine a $54 million dollar operations budget proposal for 2006/07. That budget includes a call for a tuition increase of 2%.

If approved, that means tuition for a full year, full time student would climb from the current $4,110 dollars to $4,192.

The Board will also look at shifting money into opportutinites and programs that will increase enrollment. The number of students at UNBC slipped 2.7% last year. Some of the opportunities being examined include more resources for student recruitment, increasing scholarships, and expansion of programs that have proven popular.
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Posted on Friday, March 31, 2006 11:59 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Palopu on March 31 2006 6:13 PM

Interesting to note that the number of students slipped 2.7% last year. I beleive that the Provincial Government expects this University to have an enrollment increase of 5% per year, it looks like they are not making the grade. A decline in enrollment of course means a decrease in funding. I suspect that they will water down the courses and enrollment requirements to try and get their numbers up, however I beleive that the well is going dry, and that they will have a difficult time ahead.

Posted by: lunarcom on April 1 2006 6:26 AM

In some ways the cuts have all ready started. Captial Replacement ( replacing computers , lab equipment and other capital items ) has been cancelled for this year. So items that are 3 -4 years old and were to be replaced must now last at least another year. So yep the place is falling behind from that standpoint.

Posted by: owl on April 2 2006 3:08 AM

They are starting to become a real University now .... with all the associated problems as well as accolades.

Hopefully they will not get hooked on start-up funds for growth in outlying areas as well as new programs, feeding the main campus.