The University of Windsor is confident it will find the savings it needs to reduce tuition by 10%.
The province announced on Thursday, it is cutting tuition for the first time for college and university students.
At the U of W, it means finding about $10-million in savings.
U of W Interim President Douglas Kneale was expecting a cut in the government's operating grant to universities , but that didn't happen.
Speaking on the Afternoon News, Kneale says the goal will be to find savings with the least impact on academic programs, students and staff.
"The academic and financial leadership of the university will be putting our heads together to come up with a number of solutions, different scenarios, we will be consulting widely with the entire campus community," he says.
Kneale says the government is expected to release more details and clarify the tuition reduction by the end of January with a tuition framework.
For a college student, it averages about $340 in savings and $660 for university students.
The Ontario's Progressive Conservative government is also eliminating free tuition for students from low-income families.
The Tories say the Ontario Student Assistance Plan grants had become unsustainable and it was time to refocus it to provide help to students in the most financial need.
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Meanwhile, St.Clair College is still working out what the drop in tuition fees will mean for its bottom line.
College President Patti France says at first glance, it looks like it will mean at least a $3-million hit, but there are still some questions about changes to student ancillary fees and what that will mean for student life.
In one way, she says it could mean more students going to college or university.
"If it supports access to education from a student perspective, we are thrilled about that. If it doesn't impact the operating grant and we were looking for a reduction anyway, then hopefully we can find that in other avenues within the institution."
She says the devil is in the details.
"We are just in the process of doing budgets now," says France. "We go to the board in March for our budget so hopefully the specifics will come out far in advance for us to understand the impact."