Tuition -

hike held.

An eleventh-hour appeal by
Northwest Community College
‘Student Association president
Allan Ballinger on Saturday morn-
ing may not have stopped a tuition
fee hike at the college, but it was.
at least successful in delaying the
decision. Following Ballinger’s
presentation, the college board
labled the matter of a proposed
seven percent fee hike until later
this month.

If the board's recommended
increases are adopted, per credit
fees will go from $25.20 to
$27.20, vocational programs will
cost $81.50 per month instead of
$76.20, and the maximum fee per
semester for academic programs
will go to $408 from last year’s
level of $378. .
Ballinger told the board, how-_
ever, that increasing tuition fees is
not a solution to generating college
operating revenue. Instead, increas-
ing tuition is nothing more than a
short-term answer to federal and
provincial under-funding of post-
secondary education. At the same
time, higher tuition rates decrease
the financial accessibility for many
students and discourage them in
their endeavors for a higher educ-
ation, .

Ballinger suggested, therefore,
that rather than increasing tuition
fees the board should join with
Students in their demands for a
higher level of funding and a
Royal Commission to examine the
long-term direction of post-secon-
dary education. .

In a written brief that accom-

_ panied his verbal presentation,
Ballinger stated, "As decision
makers you shouldn’t have to
make impossible financial choices;
whether it is between having a
campus that is wheelchair acessibie
or an equitably paid faculty. The
costs of maintaining a college are

' high but should students be forced
to pay an ever increasing share?
These competing demands must be
addressed in context where stu-
dents are not penalized for the
increased costs."

One fact the board is likely to

consider, however is that even with
the increase NWCC students will
still be paying only about 10 to 12
percent of the total cost of their
education through tuition fees. The
balance is paid for through govern-
ment funding. The full cost for two
semesters in an academic program
is around $7,600 says college
bursar Geoff Harris, but even at
the new tuition rates an individual
student will pay only $416.
. Another fact that the board has
already considered is that the new
rates will still be below the provin-
cial average. The average. acade-
mic student in B.C. pays about
$882 for two semesters worth of
education. It’s not that NWCC can
afford to change less than many
other colleges, Harris explains, but
the board would rather play the

Catch-up game in small increments

rather than one big step. And even
though they will still be a little

_ Short with the new fee structure, it

"SHH fits more closely with the

- average for northern colleges.

“"' 'The-board meets again-on June.

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Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 23, 1990 17

A ROTARY GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE team from Manchester, England spoke to local Rotarians recently. The team, shown here
with local Rotary member Paul Williams (far right) was hosted by Terrace area Rotarian families. The exchange program gives young
men and women from this Rotary district the opportunity to learn and study the Manchester area of England.

Survey shows north
under-represented |
in seats of power .

Crown corporations, boards and

tribunals based in Victoria and

Vancouver are constantly making
decisions that affect the north. But
how well represented is the north
on these decision-making bodies?
Not too well at all, according to
the North Central Municipal Asso-
ciation (NCMA), and the Kitimat-
Stikine Regional District board of
directors agrees.

"We seem to have little or no
representation on decision-making
bodies who shape our lives up
here," says Hazelton director Pete
Weeber. And according to board
chairman Jack Talstra, the situation
hasn’t changed in the past four
years. "We managed to get one
representative on B.C, Hydro, who
are making all sorts of decisions in
the northern part of the the provi-

‘nce, but there’s no one on the
Treasury Board or the Utilities

Commission."

These comments .agree with
Statements made by NCMA presi-
dent Colin Kinsley in an open

letter dated March 26, 1990. Ac- .
cording to Kinsley, of 20'key B.C.
crown corporations, . boards. and -
‘he has invited all municipalities in-

tribunals, the north is represented
on only seven.

Using information from 1989,
Kinsley lists only one of 11 B.C.
Hydro board members as being
from the north, three of five mem-
bers of the Mediation and Arbitra-
tion Board under the Petroleum
and Natural Gas Act, four of nine
members who plan the future of
B.C. Rail, one of six on the Agri-
cultural Land Commission, one of
cight at B.C.B.C, two of seven
with the B.C. Assessment Author-

: ity and one of 15 who govern B.C,

Housing Management.

Those where the north isn’t rep-
resented at all include: the B.C.
Petroleum Corporation, B.C. Util-
ities Commission, Mineral Land
Tax Review Board, Treasury
Board, B.C. Egg Marketing Board,
B.C, Ferry Corporation, B.C. Sys-
tems Corportation, B.C. Milk
Board, Apprenticeship Board,
Industrial Relations Council,

Human Rights Commission, Wor-_

ker’s Compensation Board and
B.C. Transit.

But according to Kinsley, there is
hope for the future. He said that
the chairmen of those organiz-
ations listed above have responded
favorably to his request for more
representation from the north and
Premier Bill Vander Zalm has also
Stated that geography is an import-
ant factor in ensuring the best
possible government service to all
residents of B.C.

Kinsley adds, though, that estab-
lishing a list of potential northern
representatives is important if
northerners are going to be added
to these governing bodies as
vacancies: become. available, and

the NCMA area to submit resumes
of potential appointees.
And what names from the north-

west are. being submitted for poss-. /

ible appointment? From the
regional district, apparently none,
The board agreed with Kinsley but
only received his letter for inform-
ation. There was no discussion of

possible candidaics in our own-.

area and no suggestion that admin-
istration should establish such a
list.

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