Lab+One

**Lab One**
Meghan Jeffery Professor Mike Jones CCT 205 H5 September 18 2010

ChangeCamp CCIT - Deregulated Program
Change camp is a program that evokes social change within a larger group of people. The idea that I propose is to gather all Communication Culture and Technology students from the University of Toronto, Erindale Campus, to fight the cost of our deregulated program. It is understandable that the program may in fact cost more than regulated programs at the University of Toronto, but for the University to back charge students for the CCIT classes they took in previous years is unreal. From the answers I have received, the only understanding I have gathered from this outrageous price-tag is that U of T students are paying more for their education because they are receiving a diploma at the end of their degree. To summarize, we are paying for a university degree, as well as a diploma, and paying the same amount as if we were to take each degree and diploma at separate times. What is this saying about the level of education from each degree and each diploma if it's condensed into a shortened period of time?

CCIT students are not able to afford their tuition, even if they are taking out OSAP. University fees have risen drastically but U of T's CCIT program has an outrageous price tag on it, especially for something that isn't advertised as so. Getting a group of CCIT students to collectively discuss and collaborate ideas on how to reduce costs for students, or at least find some sort of assistance program to help with fees, would be an extremely positive step for the University of Mississauga. At least to raise awareness that this price hike does in fact exist, and the small asterisk beside the Communication Culture and Information Technology* program with the legend stating "*deregulated program, subject to higher tuition fees", doesn't mean a mere $500.00, but more like $4,000.00. Myself, and other students I know, were unaware of these insanely high tuition fees and hosting a change camp would be extremely beneficial in getting some questions answered and raising the awareness of the cost of an undergraduate degree.