HALIFAX A possible tuition hike at Dalhousie University isn’t setting well with students, who say they need more support from the university during COVID-19. Some students say they’ve faced additional stress and costs associated with learning from home, and some are even left wondering if it’s all worth the price. “It just puts more stress on what has already been a really stressful year,” said Maryanne McLarty, a student at Dalhousie. The university’s budget advisory committee recommended a three per cent tuition hike for the next academic year. The draft of the plan says the increase will help provide support to students, faculty, and staff as they continue to navigate the pandemic.
HALIFAX Students at Dalhousie University in Halifax say they re fed-up and frustrated as the university looks at increasing tuition for the next academic year. It just puts more stress on what has already been a really stressful year, says student Maryanne McLarty. A three per cent tuition hike was recommended by the university s budget advisory committee. The draft plan says the increase will help support students, faculty and staff as they continue to navigate the pandemic, but some students say they don t feel supported at all. There are years in university where there s a fundamental time when you get the experience you need to do other things, says student Carleigh MacKenzie. This was supposed to be my fundamental time, to get that experience, to learn these things and that s not how it s been.