A handful of students gathered at MUN’s Signal Hill Campus this morning to advocate for a tuition freeze as the Board of Regents met to discuss whether or not to pause tuition hikes.
The provincial government recently decided to pause cuts to the Tuition Offset Grant and the Canadian Federation of Students is hopeful that means tuition increases at Memorial will be paused.
CFS-NL Chair Nicolas Keough says students are struggling, and raising tuition when the province has already “signaled a willingness to support students, would be a step in the wrong direction.”
Rana Abuidris. MUNSU’s executive director of campaigns, describes why she believes it is important for a tuition freeze to be put in place.
“Inflation is very real, and does affect students” argues Abuidris. She has heard of students skipping meals, students who still haven’t paid off their tuition fees from last semester, and students who are “living in the worst conditions” because of the “housing crisis.”
She says if MUN gets some financial relief, students should also feel that relief.
