tuition fees distract from mandatory fees

http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/2010/feb/04th.html

Undergraduate students (domestic)

* “Regulated” programs newly admitted students – 4.5%
* “Regulated” programs continuing students – 4%
* “Deregulated” programs newly admitted students – 8%
* “Deregulated” programs continuing students – 4%

Graduate students (domestic) – 3%

Hamdullahpur, vice-president academic and provost, who revealed that for 2009-2010, tuition fees, at $195 million, accounts for 45 per cent of the university’s revenue, compared to $191 million in government grants, or 44 per cent.

D: I found an article for another university that showed mandatory fees increasing at TWICE the rate of tuition. It was closer to 1000 bux than not.
Ignoring fees does a disservice to student when discussing the cost of education.

Incidental Fees
Lowest: $859
Highest: $1,165

http://www.schoolfinder.com/schools/fees.asp?SchoolCode=uwatl08&ProfileType=University&URL=index

NOTE: This fee is mandatory.

So we see that the cost of school continues to escalate far above the rate of inflation- or the increase in standard of living.