THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By The Sheaf January 23, 2013
In this letter from the executive, the USSU urges the U of S to include students in the composition of the two TransformUS task forces.
By The Sheaf January 23, 2013
The university’s president and other top executives should take a modest pay cut as a gesture of good faith to the rest of the campus community, even if the money saved would be just a drop in the $44.5-million deficit bucket.
By Tannara Yelland January 23, 2013
There is a widespread but entirely misguided assumption on campus that the university must make drastic cuts right now, so it is our duty as students to accept what administrators decide. After all, don’t they know better? No. They don’t.
By Kimberley Hartwig January 23, 2013
What worries me the most about TransformUS is Program Prioritization. This process will rank academic disciplines based on their contribution to the university’s success. Highly ranked programs will receive increased resources while those with lower rankings will see reduced resources or be cut entirely.
By The Sheaf January 23, 2013
Constant funding cuts endanger the structural foundations of the arts.[/caption]Belt-tightening as a response to spending cuts is already being felt in the fine arts and humanities departments.
By The Sheaf January 23, 2013
Paying more money for a lower-quality education with fewer resources is ridiculous. I’ll admit I found the last few increases in student tuition rates perplexing, but I (naively) believed that I would be getting more because of them. I thought that my education would now be worth more because it was more expensive.
By The Sheaf January 23, 2013
This article contains a selection of some of the more thoughtful or thought-provoking comments we received in response to our financial survey. We will add more excerpts to this list over the next few days.
By Kimberley Hartwig January 18, 2013
There’s something wonderful about wrapping your mouth around a foreign word. You fumble with the unfamiliar syllables but you eventually produce something, understandable or not.