The Calgary Student Alliance is welcoming the news that students at four post-secondary institutions in Calgary will have an on-campus option for advance voting in the upcoming municipal election.
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“We didn’t feel that the university was consulting with students to the depth that they needed to and they weren’t taking students considerations into account, any of the student recommendations that had been brought up, and they also weren’t being overly transparent with a lot of the information that was supposedly going into these proposals but wasn’t being shared with students.”
The minister’s office said a final decision will be made only after revised proposals are submitted.
“After reviewing the exceptional tuition increase proposals for the 2022-2023 academic year, Alberta Advanced Education has returned the proposals to the institutions for further student consultation and revision,” it said in a statement.
As the University of Calgary contemplates the future of its bookstore operations, the Students' Union (SU) has released a survey showing that 89 per cent of students oppose the privatization of bookstore management operations.
Posted: Jun 03, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: June 3
University of Calgary administration must submit its exceptional tuition increase requests to the province for approval by the end of the month.(David Bell/CBC)