UNBC balances its budget by hiking tuition and cutting -what it receives from the cant positions, says UNBC° - sures like everybody else. | Jago. cutting spending i in some ar- ’ THE UNIVERSITY OF Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has set a balanced budget this year thanks to a 4.5 per cent increase in | provincial government and a two per.cent bump i in tuition fees. " But despite the $54.4 mil- lion budget, the university is _ eas, is laying off two people and is not filling some va-. president Charles Jago, “We've had «cost pres- Heating, light and energy Dr. Charles Jago. “went up — $500,000,” said Jago. “And transportation costs are a big factor. with us be-.. cause we have campuses throughout the region.” As is the case with other post secondary institutions: UNBC has suffered from declining enrolments which, last . year, meant $500, 000 less in revenues than expected. “Overall, we've had to’ prepare a tough budget,” said UNBC officials have decided to increase spending in ar- - eas where there is higher enrolment such as environmental ‘the north and of the role of education i in shaping the region’s . rt CT TT... ITIVE) ee engineering. = " “By re-allocating our resources we hope to attract more: _ students in those areas,” said Jago. ' UNBC is also spending more money to recruit more stu- ‘ dents to address its enrolment situation. . ' “We're planning on having the equivalent of just under | 4,000 full time students,” said Jago. President wins. award UNBC PRESIDENT. Charles Jago has’ received the Order - . of Canada which is the country” s highest honour for lifetime achievement. Jago has been the president of UNBC since 1995 and re- | tires this summer. He has become a passionate advocate for u development. Part of that recruiting drive comes from offering $750’en- ‘ trance scholarships to students from regional colleges who have already taken 30 units.of courses and have attained at least a 80 per cent grade point average. The two per cent tuition hike represents about $80 and places the tuition cost for a full-year’ under graduate student at jiist under $4,200. : ; This is the second year UNBC has raised tuition fees by two per cent following several years of double digit i increas- es which all but doubled the cost. _ ““T should note that when the budget was presented to ‘the - university senate, and it-has a number of: student senators, tuition was not an issue at all.” said Jago. ve The additional money from the provincial government brings its basic grant up to around $38 million, making it the largest contributor to the $54.4 million budget. Jago said the province has agreed to pay for general wage increases which are in the neighbourhood of two per cent. While that makes Jago happy he’s disappointed the prov- ince has cancelled what's called the northern allowance, a special allocation that existed for. the first 10 years of UN- BC’s existence. It recognized the unique nature of UNBC’s mission and _ the expenses of providing post secondary education through- _ out the north. Last year that allowance amounted to approxi- “mately $100,000. .. “This won't have an immediate impact but over time it will erode our capabilities,” said Jago. ‘*“UNBC has costs that places such as UBC or UVic don’ t o£: have and the northern allowance recognized that,” he said. _ UNBC’s, plans for the northwest call for an’ expansion | of its academic programs. The university, for instance, has 7 Struck a deal with Northwest Community College to, offer a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. ~. It has also purchased a building in Terrace which is much bigger than its current campus location. He has been instrumental in the creation of the Northern . § . 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