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E-mail Katrina and Torey at [email protected] news Katrina Pyne News Editor Students dissatisfied by university leadership CONSULTATION IS NOT ENOUGH Calum Agnew student issues such as health and Staff Contributor well-being and student experience.” Griffin says that composition of the On March 14 Dalhousie University Board is largely due to forces outside held the first student consultation the university’s control. session on tuition fee increases. The “If the government fully funded administration says the session is the university, you’d see a different meant to give students a way of com- approach.” He says the university municating their thoughts with the is suffering from limited resources university’s Board of Governors. and the Board’s expertise reflects the The administration will now con- fact that financial constraints affect sult students on their proposals for policy. fee changes before recommending But Griffin says that does not mean those changes to the Board. The new the Board thinks of the university as a consultation policy was proposed business. by outgoing DSU President Chris Saulnier. The Board approved it in February. “Students are Dustin Griffin is a third-year law student and one of three student not seen as an appointees on the Board. He says the Board was enthusiastic, and that the consultation process was a great suc- essential part cess its the student members. The administration’s recommenda- of the puzzle of tion contains a three per cent general tuition fee increase, and up to a 10 governance.” per cent increase for students in pro- fessional programs. “Students are why the doors open But Reclaim Education and every day. They care about how stu- Democracy (READ) says there are dents feel,” he says. The Board mem- no solid provisions for the feedback bers are “going to make sure the given by students in the consultation university stays healthy for years to process. The administration has to come,” says Griffin. “The Board would use the feedback as they deem appro- rather not raise fees.” priate. But when it comes to the Board’s “This could mean anything, and operation, students are in the dark. really doesn't mean anything at all,” The Board hasn’t posted the min- says Jacqueline Vincent, a fourth- utes for their meetings for over a year. year student at King’s Although students can attend meet- “Students don’t really have that ings, Lum says they can’t really do much say in the running of the uni- anything. versity,” says Vincent. “Students are “Their hands are tied,” he says. not seen as an essential part of the “Besides, many decisions are made in puzzle of governance.” camera or at the committee level.” The Board consists of 27 voting Griffin says his expectations joining and five non-voting members. The the Board of Governors did not match majority are appointed or recom- his experience there. Being a member mended by the Board. Students have is a “unique situation for a student,” three appointments, two of which he says. As with any other member of are elected. The DSU president is a the Board, student appointees have a member by convention. fiduciary duty to the university. Many of the Board’s appointees Prior to his election last March, also serve on the boards of private Griffin told the Gazette “he would give and public companies, and there are the Board back to students.” numerous CEOs and CFOs repre- “You can’t be a student represen- sented. tative,” says Griffin. Board members The composition of the board are responsible for the university as a “illustrates how the university is more legal entity and Griffin says this does of a business model than anything not line up with what people think else,” says Anna Bishop, a member of of the university generally. Lum says READ. READ believes university governance READ is “against the corporatiza- is about more than financial issues, tion of university, six figure mana- and the Board’s composition should gerial positions, inflated fees and reflect that.