Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 21:15:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: AUT: Abolishing scholarships


I found out, who proposed the abolishing of
scholarships:

The President of University of Toronto. Given that
such positions are generally occupied by extremely
conservative individuals it makes you think....


--- Chris Hurl <munkah-AT-hotmail.com> wrote:
> hey people,
> 
> well, over here in British Columbia where students
> are getting incredibly 
> f***ed over by the new Liberal government (tuition
> is going up by 30 percent 
> every year for the next three years) the opposite
> kind of argument seems to 
> be made.  Essentially it is being argued that
> universities will remain 
> inclusive insofar as the poor can get scholarships-
> of course, this refers 
> to the "deserving" poor while the riff raff are kept
> out.  From my 
> perspective, it doesn't matter whether or not
> scholarships continue to 
> exist.  If scholarships exist they simply mask the
> underlying realities of 
> "higher" education by creating the illusion that the
> poor are included.  If 
> scholarship do not exist, the universities never see
> that money anyways.  It 
> is a strategic manipulation by the ruling bloc
> either way.  Hence, over here 
> the BC Liberals are abolishing the GTRFs which
> provide nearly forty percent 
> of the funding for graduate TAships.  Now although
> the argument could be 
> made that that money will be spread around more
> evenly and more inclusively, 
> the fact of the matter is that the government is
> doing this to save 
> themselves money, leading to a serious reduction in
> the real income of 
> students.  (I'm all worked up right now because
> 3,000 of the students here 
> just protested the tuition increase yesterday which
> culminated in mass 
> chants demanding "GENERAL STRIKE!")
> 
> in solidarity,
> 
> chris
> 
> >From: Michael Handelman <mhandelman1-AT-yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> >To: aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> >Subject: AUT: Abolishing scholarships
> >Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 04:49:10 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >So, on the radio, a guy is saying that scholarships
> to
> >universities discriminate against the poor, and
> that
> >funds that should be going to help poorer students
> are
> >going to fund scholarships....Hence scholarships
> >should be abolished (according to him).
> >
> >    Given the privatization and commercialization
> of
> >universities, I'm highly skeptical that he wants to
> >help poorer students, do you think of his ulterior
> >motive behind pushing the abolishing of
> scholarships?
> >
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