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     . In the fall of 1971, a work commit— 
     
     .tee was set up make recommendations to 
     
     Cabinet on possible bursary programs, 
     
     through the Department of Education. 
     
    
   
   
    
     .. The Chairman of the committee was 
     
     David MacPherson, Student Aid Officer 
     
     (Dept. of Education), and other mem- 
     
     bers were Robert LeClair — Financial 
     
     Aid Chairman of UPEI, Howard Jamieson 
     
     .of the Secretariat, and two members 
     
     'whose names are unavailable at this 
     
     time. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The committee met twice, and decided_ 
     
     to submit three plans for consideration. 
     
     These submissions were: 
     
    
   
   
    
     A° a plan in which the Student Loan/ 
     
     bursary ratio would be 75/25, 
     
     starting at zero dollars. 
     
    

    
     B._a plan in which the student loan 
     
    
   
   
    
     would run to$l,400, and after 
     
    
   
   
    
     that the student would be eligi- 
     
     ble to receive bursary money. 
     
    
   
   
    
     C. a plan ih which the Student Loan/V 
     
     bursary ratio would be 80/20 from 
     
     zero dollars; 
     
    
   
   
    
     "The Department of Student Services of 
     
     UPEI sent a letter to the Chairman of the 
     
     committee in support of plan A, and in- 
     
     formed the Student Union of the matter 
     
     for the first time. The UPEI Student 
     
     Council considered the matter, and de— 
     
    

    
     ‘cided it was completely in favor of Plan 
     
     A. A letter to-this effect was sent to 
     
     Mr. MacPhersonand Lorne Moase, Deputy 
     
     Minister of Education. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Department of student Services 
     
     then became aware of the displeasure of 
     
     the Department of Education at the in- 
     
     formation being released to the students. 
     
    

    
     The decision was then made by Cabinet 
     
     and was announced by Education Minister 
     
     Bennett on April 4th. The decision was 
     
     to adopt plan B. No mention of plans A or 
     
    

    
     ,C was made, and no reasons for their re- 
     
     fusal were given.;Mr. LeClair has stated 
     
    

    
     . "I don't think the government even con- 
     
     Wsidered the other two plans.“ 4 
     
    
   
   
    
     .Le Clair [Di'smuyed 
     
    
   
   
    
     April 7, 1972 
     
    
   
   
    
     I am writing this asthe Financial Aids 
     
     Officer, U.P.E.I. and what I an writing 
     
     does not necessarily reflect the view of 
     
     the University community. The recent de— 
     
     cision by Government to change the burn 
     
     ‘sary policy for university students 
     
     causes me, as an individual, grave con— 
     
     cern. In order to obtain any bursary 
     
     consideration the individual student 
     
     must show need of more than $1,400.00. 
     
    
   
   
    
     -}This, I suggest, is a blatant encourage— 
     
     ‘ment for a student to prove need of more 
     
     than he in reality needs in order to be 
     
     considered for any of the free money 
     
     doled out beyond the $1,400.00 level. 
     
     This new policy also tends to discourage 
     
     initiative in a young man or woman who 
     
     if they get a summer job or part-time 
     
     work their need is being diminished and 
     
     hence they will not qualify for any bur— 
     
     sary consideration. For example, John 
     
     Doe a student at X High School. If he 
     
     has initiative and drive he can get 
     
     summer employment and earn about $700.00. 
     
     Having earned this amount he will have 
     
     Vtrouble qualifying for any bursary money. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Peter Blue on the other hand realizes. 
     
     'that'if he works he will hardly qualify 
     
     for any bursary money. He doesn't look ' 
     
     for a job. Come September he shows need 
     
     of $2,100.00. So he gets $1,400.00 loan 
     
     and $700.00 bursary thus having the same 
     
     amount, $700.00, as John Doe who worked 
     
     all summer. Thus the individual who works 
     
     'gets nothing and the fellow who loafed' 
     
     :gets $700.00 for having done nothing all 
     
     summer. Incentives to regard initiative 
     
     and drive should have been introduced as 
     
     .were suggested by a plan which originated 
     
     jin my office and presented to the Student 
     
     'Aid.Officer in the provincial Department 
     
     of Education. 
     
    
   
   
    
     R.J. LeClair, 
     
     Financial Aids Officer 
     
     University of P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     (See "Negative Aspects“)' 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     This fact sheet is a publication_of 
     
     the University of Prince Edward Is— 
     
     land Student Union as a supplement 
     
    
   
   
    
     of the regular weekly student news— 
     
     ' DaDer.