AMS External Policy Manual - Alma Mater Society of UBC

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Policy Number:2013-04 Passed:Title:2013 Provincial General Elections in British ColumbiaApril 3, 2013Expires:April 3, 2016Summary:Reaffirms three principles to be defended by the Office of the Vice-President External Affairs with respect toaccessibility and affordability of postsecondary education, transit and child care.Whereas the writ should be dropped on April 16 for a May 14 general election of the members of theBritish Columbia Legislative Assembly;Whereas it is important that issues of concern to postsecondary students be included in party platformsand election debates;Whereas it is important that the next provincial government acknowledges the importance of such issues;andWhereas the Vice-President External Affairs is currently developing a strategy to inform and lobby allprovincial political parties on issues of interest to its members and postsecondary students in general;Be it resolved that Council reaffirm the following three principles, already adopted as formal externalpolicies, as a foundation for said strategy:1. Postsecondary education should be accessible and affordable. Specifically, the government should: Permit UBC to supplement without penalty student aid funding beyond levels specified inprovincial cost of living tables; Increase student aid allocations for UBC students so that they reflect the actual cost of living inVancouver, and then index these costs; Institute a system of needs-based, up-front student grants; Reduce student loan interest rates to prime plus cost recovery; Increase and index core funding for post-secondary institutions.2. Public transit authorities in Metro Vancouver should be authorized to use all of the fundingmechanisms at their disposal to maintain a sustainable and predictable budget and help them find along-term rapid rail transit solution for the Broadway corridor, North America’s busiest diesel bus line.3. The Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia’s province-wide Community Plan for a PublicSystem of Integrated Early Care and Learning should be implemented as rapidly as possible.AMS Policy Manual Page | 32
Policy Number:2013-05 Passed:Title:New first year international students programApril 24, 2013Expires:April 24, 2016Summary:Supports the development of a first year international students program at Vantage College that matchesthe experience and quality of services offered to other UBC students and meets the financial needs of trulydiverse student population.From the Executive CommitteeWhereas the UBC Senate and Board of Governors have approved the creation of Vantage College and theestablishment of a first year international students program within the college;Whereas this program will seek to fulfill three goals: 1) to diversify the international student population;2) act as a living lab for the development of innovative pedagogy in the delivery of first year courses; 3)provide a financial contribution back to the central university budget;Whereas the AMS is aware of the financial outlook of the university and the contribution that the programwill make to ensuring the financial sustainability of UBC;Be it resolved that Council supports a diverse student body and an investment into improving the deliveryof first year curricula;Be it further resolved that the AMS encourages the university to ensure that the experience and quality ofservices offered to students enrolled in the program is parallel to those offered to all other UBC students;Be it further resolved that the AMS encourages the university to minimize the tuition costs associate withthe program wherever possible and that funds be allocated towards need-based financial aid andexternally funded scholarships to better meet the goal of a diverse student population.=NOTE: Students in this program will be UBC students taking UBC courses such as CHEM 123 and POLI 100; as a result,they will be fee-paying AMS members.AMS Policy Manual Page | 33
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