TORONTO, October 24 /CNW/ – The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) announces the release of Ontario’s Next Tuition Framework (parts I & II, respectively). The report, released today, outlines how Ontario can reclaim fiscal sustainability for students, families and government by freezing tuition increases and creating more efficient and fair payment processes.
Ontario’s Next Tuition Framework emphasizes that rising tuition costs are not simply an issue for students, bu …read more
OUSA report urges provincial government to freeze tuition for province-wide cost sustainability
ousa | October 24, 2012 12:34pm | News, Press Releases Tweet Share
University of Windsor students reimbursed for ancillary fee protocol violation – other Ontario universities urged to review fees associated with online learning
Medina Abdelkader | October 1, 2012 3:20pm | Press Releases Tweet Share
TORONTO, October 1 /CNW/ – The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) welcomed the announcement by the University of Windsor in late September that refunds will be issued to students who purchased mandatory access codes to online teaching resources that include testing. The University of Windsor recognized that requiring students to purchase access to these online materials violated Ontario’s ancillary fee protocol, which prohibits charging students fees for the costs of evaluation …read more
OUSA supportive of Mental Health Innovation Fund, a $7 million investment towards closing the gaps in campus mental health services
ousa | September 27, 2012 2:26pm | Press Releases Tweet Share
TORONTO, September 27 /CNW/ – The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is pleased with the recent announcement of the Mental Health Innovation Fund by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU). The fund will consist of million each year until 2015 and was created to identify gaps in current mental health support services on campus, promote best practices across the sector, and encourage partnerships within local communities.
Addressing mental health on campus is a …read more
OUSA announces release of submission regarding quality of education in Ontario post-secondary institutions
admin | July 30, 2012 8:44am | Front Page Post, News, Press Releases Tweet Share
TORONTO, July 18, 2012 – The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) announces the release of Educated Reform: striving for higher quality education at Ontario universities. The document, released today, presents OUSA’s position on a range of topics related to delivering high quality education within the Ontario post-secondary education sector.
Educated Reform explores strategies that government can employ to improve the quality of education being offered in Ontario universities wit …read more
