Students Stress as Parents Struggle with Tuition: Survey

By: Alexandra Posadzki | thespec.com | September 22, 2011

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TORONTO Greg Evans is no quitter. This fall marks the 26-year-old’s second attempt to pay his way through university while balancing classes with work.

“Something in my life is going to suffer,” said Evans. “My school work is definitely going to suffer, the quality of my life is going to suffer. The quality of my sleep and my health I’m sure are going to suffer.”

It will be difficult for Evans, who grew up in the small community of Fonthill in Ontario’s Niagara Region, to finance his education. But Evans would rather struggle for a couple of years than live the rest of his life from one paycheque to the next…

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