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A group representing students at the University of Calgary says administrators have dropped the ball on consultations for proposed tuition increases of up to 51 per cent.
Now, the school’s students’ union is calling on administrators to postpone a decision on the fee hikes until the fall, when most students will return to campus from summer break.
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“Students were only actually told about this proposal in mid-May, which is two weeks after classes had ended and students had already left for summer break,” said UCalgary Students’ Union president Nicole Schmidt.
Letter to the Editor: Privatizing the bookstore would be disastrous
The university is looking to sell the University of Calgary bookstore to Follett, an American corporation worth $2.7 billion. Bringing in a private corporation to sell textbooks to students would be kneecapping the student body at its most vulnerable during a pandemic, a recession and yearly tuition hikes.
Currently, textbooks are sold to students as close to at-cost as possible, keeping prices affordable. However, we all know that textbooks are still unaffordable, which is why the bookstore has three cost-saving programs the Book Loan program, the Sponsored Students program and the Textbook Rental program.
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