OSAP offers have arrived. And students are stunned at the numbers.
for students as they scramble to figure out how they’ll make ends meet with a new school year only months away.
Hansen is about to enter her fourth year studying human rights and social justice. Her parents, both immigrants from Ghana, never had a post-secondary education. Lowering tuition would help all students across the province, the government has argued. But some students say reductions to grants mean they’re actually further behind. The issue has generated a Twitter storm as students posted comparisons of what they will be getting this year compared with last.
Alex Usher, president of Higher Education Strategy Associates, which advises universities, governments and other agencies, said these kinds of cuts were not unexpected. “The budget was pretty clear that the cut to OSAP was about $600 million, or about 40 per cent.” The changes introduced in 2017 were expected to have a positive impact on the province’s finances, with additional revenue from the elimination of Ontario’s Tuition and Education Tax Credits expected to more than offset any increased costs of the changes to OSAP, noted the auditor general’s report.
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