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SENATE 

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TUITION FEE PROPOSALS 

Subiect

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EL

WILLIAM G. SAYWL 

From

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PRESIDENT 

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JANUARY 26 

Date 

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At the Board of Governors meeting held on January 24, 1984 the Board received as 

Notice of Motion for consideration at the February 28 Board meeting recommendations 

relating to tuition fees. 

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The recommendations as finally presented in notice at 

the meeting of the Board are given below. 

This information is provided for such discussion as may be appropriate at the 

forthcoming meeting of Senate. 

(Notice of Motion for the January Board meeting, to be 

considered at the February 28th Board meeting) 

Over the past 2 years, declining operating grant support from the Province 

coupled with the continuing effects of inflation, has imposed significant 

financial restraint on the University. A further reduction of the operating 

grant of some 6% is expected in 1984/85, with no expectation of a real increase 

in the operating grant in the longer term. Prior to the initiation of action 

in response to these events, the projected 1984/85 operating deficit would be 

in the order of $5.5 million. Our response to these restraints will involve 

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a combination of increased revenue, reduced expenditure, and reduction in pro- 

grams and/or services. 

In the revenue category, tuition fees currently represent approximately 11.5% 

of our operating expenditure base. As a partial response to our projected 

budget deficit and in recognition of the comparative tuition fees which apply 

elsewhere in Canada, it is proposed that basic tuition fees be progressively 

increased over the next three years to a level which will represent not less 

than 201 of operating expenditures. For 1984/85 these proposals will result 

in a tuition fee, which may be compared with those in Table 1, of $1,170. 

Should this proposal be approved, financial aid provisions of the operating 

budget will be increased in relationship to the Increase in the basic tuition 

fee. 

It is also proposed that differential tuition fees for new undergraduate visa 

,students be introduced and be raised over the next two years to a level 1.5 

times the basic tuition fee. If these proposals are adopted the undergraduate 

visa student tuition fee will, by 1986/87, represent approximately 30% of the 

average operating expenditure per full time equivalent undergraduate student. 

For 1984/85 the recommendation will result in a tuition fee for a new visa 

student of $1,740 for 30 credit hours. This figure may be compared with those 

shown in Table 1. 

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with

Currently, 

for

comparable 

the other

within 

two

programs

British 

universities,

among

Columbia, 

the

three

there 

generally

provincial

are differences 

agreed 

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that

in

tuition

basic 

tuition 

be similar for comparable programs. It is anticipated that action similar to 

that set out below will be considered by the Boards of Governors at each of 

UBC and UVic for implementation in 1984. 

Tuition Fees continued... 

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A. The following principles are intended to serve as guidelines for the estab- 

lishment of tuition fees through 1986/87 and are recommended for approval 

by the Board of Governors: 

1.

By 1986/87, basic tuition fee revenue be not less than 

20% of budgeted general purpose operating costs. 

2.

Differential tuition fees for undergraduate Visa 

students be set equal to 1.5 times non-Visa student 

fees. 

3.

Visa student differential tuition fees in each of 

1984/85 and 1985/86 not be applied to Visa students 

enrolled by the Summer Semester, 1984. 

4.

25% of the increased revenue from undergraduate 

Visa student differential tuition fees be designated 

for scholarships and bursaries for Visa students. 

Consistent with the above guidelines the specific tuition fees recommended to 

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be implemented effective September 1, 1984 are as follows: 

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1.

The basic tuition fee be raised from $32.00 per 

credit hour to $39.00 per credit hour, or approximately 

21.9%, effective September 1, 1984 and that all related 

undergraduate and graduate tuition fees be increased by 

the same percentage subject only to rounding. 

2.

Tuition fees for new undergraduate Visa students be 

set at 1.5. times the undergraduate basic tuition fee, 

or $58.00 per credit hour, effective September 1, 1984, 

with 25% of the undergraduate Visa student tuition revenue 

in excess of the equivalent basic tuition fee revenue to 

be designated for scholarships and bursaries for Visa 

students. 

C. To facilitate consideration of proposed tuition fee reciprocity agreements, 

it is further recommended that the following resolution be approved: 

The President is authorized to consider, and where there is 

demonstrable likelihood that it will prove to be advantageous 

to British Columbia students, to approve tuition fee reciprocity 

with foreign jurisdictions where similar exemption to non- 

resident or foreign student tuition fees has been or is proposed 

to be 

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extended— 

to British Columbia students. 

W. C. Saywell.

FOR INFORMATION 

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

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SENATE.              

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Sub'Ied 

REPLACEMENT ELECTIONS TO SENATE - 

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From.. 

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M. EVANS, 

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Date 

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1.

Section 34 of the University Act sets forth the structure of Senate in 

rather precise terms, so precise that at times it is not possible to 

comply with all technical features but every effort is made to comply 

with the basic legislation. 

The basic structure sets forth a condition that the number of faculty 

members be equal to twice the number of administrative or similar 

members, and that the number of students be equal to this latter number. 

(There is also provision for certain other members, not tied to the 

mathematical formula). The Act further provides that of the faculty 

members there be at least two members of each Faculty elected by the 

members of the Faculty. It further provides that the remainder of 

faculty members be elected by all the faculty members - in a manner 

determined in joint meeting. That determination at this institution at 

present provides that the remainder of the faculty members be elected 

by and from faculty jointly but in a manner that ensures that at least 

one member from each Faculty Is elected. 

2.

With the establishment of the Faculty of Engineering Science taking place 

over recent months It was obvious that provision for seat at Senate should 

be made as early as possible for the Dean of Faculty but there were then 

no other faculty members and there were no students. 

Somewhat more than a year ago a provision for two seats at Senate (Dean 

of Graduate Studies, Associate Vice-President Academic) led to one person 

sitting. A year ago this permitted the seating of the Dean of Engineering 

Science without disturbing the mathematical ratio required by statute for 

administrators/faculty members/students. This Faculty has now commenced 

operations, has faculty members (although minimal) and has students. 

A call for new elections to Senate is now required with new terms of office 

from June 1, 1984 (other than for some by-elections for some students at 

this time). In view of the requirements of the statute that there be at 

least two faculty members from each Faculty it is intended that two seats 

currently held for faculty jointly will be discontinued effective June 1, 

1984 and be used for Engineering Science. 

Under current processes a third faculty members jointly seat normally would 

go to Engineering Science but the Faculty now does not have that many members 

and even if it did have that many the load on members likely would be 

excessive and unnecessary. It is therefore intended for the elections being 

held this year that this seat will remain an at-large faculty members jointly 

seat. 

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6 FEBRUARY 1984. 

These procedures as outlined are such as to not impact members during 

their current term of office, hence the June 1 date. A number of seats 

become vacant at that time. 

The forthcoming replacement elections call for one member elected by and 

from the Faculty of Arts, one by and from the Faculty of Business Admini- 

stration, one by and from the Faculty of Education, one by and from the 

Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, one by and from the Faculty of 

Science , one at-large by and from faculty members jointly, and two by 

and from the Faculty of Engineering Science. 

3. In so far as students are concerned the new call effective for. June 1 will 

stipulate the requirement that at least one student member elected must be 

from the Faculty of Engineering Science. This same stipulation will apply 

for the current by-election of students. 