{"id":59545,"date":"2019-08-08T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T20:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=59545"},"modified":"2019-08-08T16:13:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T20:13:58","slug":"students-encouraged-to-review-opt-out-process-for-non-essential-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/08\/students-encouraged-to-review-opt-out-process-for-non-essential-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Students encouraged to review\u00a0opt-out process\u00a0for non-essential\u00a0fees\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As part of the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ontario.ca\/maesd\/en\/2019\/01\/government-for-the-people-to-lower-student-tuition-burden-by-10-per-cent.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Government of Ontario\u2019s Student Choice Initiative<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, students can choose which optional fees to pay as part of their university experience through a new opt-out process.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Optional fees \u2014 or non-essential fees \u2014 fund programs and support<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0that enhance students\u2019 university experience<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s by providing opportunities to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">explore their passions<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, engage with the campus community, develop leadership skills and expand their knowledge. Examples include fees to support student clubs, environmental and advocacy programs as well as the student-run campus newspaper and online video channel.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is thanks to programs like these that Brock University is recognized as providing one of the best student experiences in Canada. Earlier this year, Maclean\u2019s Magazine ranked Brock in the Top 3 for student satisfaction.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students will continue to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pay essential fees \u2014 or compulsory non-tuition\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fees<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2014 that fund services and supports related to areas such as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">campus safety, academic support and health counselling.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students are encouraged to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rW7RThjwHbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">watch a short video<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and visit the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/safa\/student-choice-initiative\/#undergraduate-fees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Student A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ccount<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">s and Financial Aid website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to learn more about the opt-out process so they can make an informed decision.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Questions can be directed to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:central@brocku.ca\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">central@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rW7RThjwHbo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the\u00a0Government of Ontario\u2019s Student Choice Initiative, students can choose which optional fees to pay as part of their university experience through a new opt-out process.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":52016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,7484,40,7,3319,55,37,41,1,4,38],"tags":[5090,7941,5087,8150,8151],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59547,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59545\/revisions\/59547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}