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U of T's Faculty of Arts & Sciences has passed the flat-fee proposal that we slammed last week as being disastrous for student life. Whether or not the proposal—which would force all students taking anywhere from 3.0 to 6.0 courses, regardless of how many courses they actually took, to pay for 5.0 courses—is implemented for all incoming students as of next school year is now in the hands of the school's Governing Council, where, after passing through the council's boards, it will be decided on at a meeting on May 20 [PDF]. University of Toronto Students' Union President Sandy Hudson confirmed the ruling to Torontoist over the phone tonight, and she told us she is "less optimistic" for the proposal's death "the higher up we go," but told us that, with the Arts & Science Student Union and students on campus, "we're gonna keep fighting it."
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The Star notes that the fee, if it's implemented, is now gonna be gradually phased in: you pay for 5.0 courses whether you take anywhere from 4.0 to 6.0 next year, and then in 2011 pay for 5.0 whether you take anywhere from 3.0 to 6.0.
The last minute addition of the phasing I would like to hypothesize as being detrimental to their goals. Many students who are told their option is between 3 and 5 will take 3, causing the University to lose money in the short term.