8 000多名奥克兰大学学生要求退款参加一项强制性、有争议的威坦哲条约课程,费用高达5 730美元。 Over 8,000 University of Auckland students demand refunds for a mandatory, controversial Treaty of Waitangi course costing up to $5,730.

共青团党领袖Parmjeet Parmar敦促奥克兰大学向8 000多名学生提供财政救济,他们每人为《威坦哲条约》的必修课程支付高达5 730美元,许多人说该课程没有学术价值,并受到政治指控。 ACT Party leader Parmjeet Parmar is urging the University of Auckland to offer financial relief to over 8,000 students who paid up to $5,730 each for a mandatory course on the Treaty of Waitangi, which many say provided no academic value and was politically charged. Parmar批评该大学不顾学生的关切规定该课程为必修课, 以及参议院关于使其具有可选性的建议, 呼吁提供金融信贷帮助学生恢复失去的学业进步。 Parmar criticized the university for making the course compulsory despite student concerns and Senate recommendations to make it optional, calling for financial credits to help students recover lost academic progress. 争议凸显了对大学必修课程的成本和相关性的日益批评。 The controversy highlights growing criticism over the cost and relevance of compulsory university courses.