[mobglob-discuss] Fw: Fight Law School Privatization

[Paul Browning]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tony" <tony at tao.ca>
To: <san at masses.tao.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:31 PM
Subject: san: Fight Law School Privatization


> ----- Forwarded message from Sarah Dover <sdover at magma.ca> -----
>
> From: Sarah Dover <sdover at magma.ca>
> Subject: Fight Law School Privatization - Please Sign On
>
> ** PLEASE ENDORSE THE DAY OF ACTION AT OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL ***
>
> Law students at Osgoode Hall are fighting a tuition hike from $12,000 to
> a proposed $16,000.  This massive increase would take accessibility to
> legal education from bad to worse.  High tuition is a barrier to entry
> for some and the critical factor in career choice for others (debt
> load!).  Being rich must not be a prerequisite to law school.  And
> Canadian law schools must not be undermining career choices that are in
> the public interest and lower-paying.  Please help us fight the
> outrageous ?privatization? of law school.
>
> Following is the endorsement, you can either send an email to
> ozlawactivists at yahoo.ca or sign up on line at
> www.osgoodenonconfidence.com.
>
> Thank You!!!!
>
> Osgoode Hall Law Activists
>
> *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
>
> SUPPORT FOR OSGOODE HALL LAW STUDENTS
> who
> QUIT SCHOOL FOR A DAY!
>
> A 'vote of non-confidence' in the financial direction and future of
> Canadian law schools, including Osgoode Hall Law School
>
> Because...
>
> Tuition levels for undergraduate programs in Canada have more than
> doubled since 1990/91. After adjusting for inflation, law school
> tuitions climbed 217% between 1990 and 2003.
>
> Tuition levels in 2003/04 for post-secondary education in Canada rose by
> 7.4%. The cost of law school tuition alone increased by 19.4% in 2003/4
> alone (to a national average of $5,021);
>
> Osgoode Hall Law School is considering further tuition increases to
> $14,000 in 2006/07 and $16,000 in 2007/08 despite recently increasing
> tuition over 300% (from $2,935 in 1996 to $12,000 in 2003).
>
> The Administration of Osgoode Hall is blazing ahead with the proposal to
> increase tuition before the release of the new provincial government to
> plan to refund education, or the results of an upcoming accessibility
> study to be published by the Council of Law Deans.
>
> Canada is now one of the highest tuition fee nations in the
> industrialized world ranking third behind the U.S. and Japan.
>
> The per student government operating support was 17% less in 2001/02
> than in 1992/93. In real terms, universities are receiving $4,000 less
> support per student than the $12,000 per student provided in the
> mid-1980s.
>
> The average Harvard University student carries an estimated debt-load
> equivalent to Cdn.  $16,500, while the debt-load in 1998 of a student in
> Ontario is $25,000 (compared to $6,700 in 1990).
>
> We support...
>
> "Quit School for a Day" as a symbolic withdraw of support from Osgoode
> Hall Law School and call upon the Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School to
> ensure that students will not be forced to endure further financial
> pressure through increases in tuition and fees; and
>
> the provincial and federal Governments to immediately provide funding to
> relieve financial pressure on post-secondary educational institutions,
> including professional schools such as Osgoode Hall.
>
>
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