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The Committee on the Future Role of the original [first five years) increas.e. Ontario Unive&ities mhde public ’ its Apparantly, the reason for the shift is to \ preliminary report early this month and- ’ free re’sources due to an expected decline tq date, it has received little or no in university enrolment. attention from students on this camptis. As theCommittee admits, “If Model 2’ purpose ‘_ The of the provincial were to be implemented, the impact of Committee is to st-udy and report oni funding levels keyed to projected various issues. within the Ontario enrollhent decline.!. would be severe. by Universities and to provide “...o~jectives the end of the decade.” Furthermore, the for Ontario universities in the 1980's objective of. expanding-, accessibility e‘xpressed ,in operational terms.” would not be met, “research would also Many of the objectives of the past have. suffer, and a decrease in- the extent a&l . .been met, says the,Commiftee, although quality of community service would be. . . the chal!enges ahead include “...widening inevitable.” accessibility to meet the aspiration? of Unbelievable though it may seem, t.he . ..Fr’anco-Ontarians. the native peoples, Committee’s third model of university and the economically and socially ’ funding fol’ the next decade is even more disadvantaged...“. restraint-oriented. Model 3 calls,for huge ’ However, the members of the funding cutbacks and would have drastic Committee rightfully point out that consequences for all Ontario universities. ’ meeting such a challenge “..:will depend Forthose of you who are unfamiliar with upon the ‘level of resources available .to “rationalization”, it essentially involves the; the universities.” scaling down of the present university These r&‘Gurces of course refer to the system in reaction to the Ontario amount of funding which the universities governm@ policy of restraint. Such can exgec,t in the coming decade, tind the scaling down, would involve eliminating . smaller faculties at many universities, Committee has identified three models. 1 cutting courses which may be seen as not for post-secondary financing. immediately relevant, and most likely The first tiodel might aptly be calied faculty, program or the lesser of three evils. It assumes an halting any further expansion. One can ‘only annual increase in goirernment funding of building frightfully await any government p&y $13.8.million, phs $25 million per year woise than “rationalization .is for replacing equipment. This paltry The Committee concludes its sirm&ationx annual increase of 3.5% will be a far cry of the various models by saying; “At the from’ an annual’ compounding inflation vax.$ous levels of funditig below inflation rat@ of approximately 10%. hypothesized, ...quality can .be salvaied The story worsens in the second model only. through ‘increasingly drastic -measures which -allows for roughly the same- whose outcome is a commensuratelv funding increase as Model 1 for the first inaccessible, elite and small Ontar& five years, and then a decrease equalling university system.” can’t on page 6 1’
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not know that a of the aforementioned teams have the opporttity of receitig . athletic scholarships from the federal government? Why‘ Dear Editor: do, they not question the When ‘I first came to this president of this grand insticampus I was ‘confronted tution who hires a fulltime with a mickey mouse piece person to‘ solicit academic of journalism called the scholarships and donations Chevron. I had hoped that but 4is revolted by such an a sister paper (that folunclean thought as increased lowed the saine journal: athletic sponsorship from isticX.principles would got business? spring up., Alas ,we have Has ’ Imprint embarked Imprint who runs 9 feature on a course of one-sided story.about academic schjournalism? oJ&rships. Information is ’ Three.years ago I transgathered -for the story from: ferred here from- an‘ in&,the basketbail coach, the tution where I was re-‘ directo$ I of athletics, the ceiving 8 full scholarship field hockey coach? the track to play football. Mr..Tot& fiild’ coach, 4he gymzke, I’m sorry to disagree nastics coach, ‘etc;, &&!i play.with you, but (I’m otie of ,ers from the sacid- above those academics.who withteam& ,7.I out the assistance of athCould they not have got-ten hold of the. football. or . letics would have probably dropped out of school in hockey coadhes? Did you
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really so opposed to _’scholarships if they are handed out by government agencies to avoid corruption? Could it be that this *‘more aggressive program” Don McCrae talks about would destroy the cbuntry club atmosphere where .“don’t rock the boat” is the friendly norm. -I’ve been here for three years now and played on losing teams: I’m fed up! To successfully compete in rnx sport I am required to give’up 2 week’s work at the endaof the summer, plus any hope of a part-time job because of a year-round t-raining program. I am not asking for money ‘because I am an athlete; but should we bb financially penalized for being athletes? For myself and many of my friends who participate
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