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such a policy is difficult to develop.

“Whoever gets put at the bottom of the list would be unfortunate,” remarked one student.

Further audit recommen- dations cali for UPEI to under- take a costing study, which would determine how much money is actually spent on each discipline. It has been suggested that the next logical step for such a study is the implemen- tation of differential fees. This policy sets tuition at different levels depending on the pro- gram being studied, such as Arts, Science, Music, and oth- ers.

“T think that’s where it leads to. I think that if you’re going to follow the direction of a costing study, you are head- ing to differential fees. .. We know what that would bring - - the elimination ofa program,” continued Heider.

He also asserted that the University is not interested in charging different levels of tuition to students. However, he noted that a lesser form of differential fees are already present at UPEI in the form of lab fees for science students, and extra costs to music stu- dents who take individual mu- sic lessons.

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dent Internal, is also against the introduction of differential tuition fees.

“We’re all students,” she stated. “The University should be the same for everyone.”

Objections to differen- tial fees were raised by other students as well. According to Emily Smith, fourth year Eng- lish student, it is “an un-Cana- dian way of doing things.”

Heider reiterated his con-

cern on the decrease in fund- | ing to UPEI, and believes that |

tuition hikes cause some pro-

spective students to not attend |

university. But he is against a tuition freeze.

“We don’t want political pressure on the decisions on tuition. We know we have to conduct consultations with fac- ulty and students . . . [But] it’s the Board of Governors that must be given the prerogative of establishing tuition,” said Heider.

The University plans to implement those recommen- dations which it feels are eco- nomically feasible. Some may require more administrative personnel than UPEI has, in which case such recommen- dations may not be imple- mented. But UPEI takes the audit very seriously.

“We'd be very poorly advised if we put it on the shelf,” Heider added.

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Psychology Student Helene Deacon Makes Waves with her Honours Thesis

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For her thesis, Deacon has designed an interesting ex- periment to try to give school- children the advantages of bi- lingualism without necessarily having to teach schoolchildren a second language. She has designed an experiment wherein she will teil young

schoolchildren about a mythi- cal land where two languages co-exist, and about the changes that have occurred in these two languages. Deacon’s the- sis is that the schoolchildren will pick up upon the descrip- tion of the contact between the two languages and vicari- ously absorb the benefits of

bilingualism.

Dr. Boudreau suggests that Ms. Deacon’s thesis may eventually be published in a journal. “Héléne has worked very hard on this project, and she certainly has a well-con- structed and original thesis,” says Boudreau. “She has made an important contribution to the literature [on bilingualism].”

Helene Deacon is only one of eleven student in Canada to have qualified forthe Rhodes

Scholarship.

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