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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Toronto Star: “New numbers reveal 10,000-plus Ontario college layoffs, 600 programs cancelled or suspended over past year”

The bloodbath in our higher education system in Canada has gotten NO press even though provincial governments and likely federal KNOW. This is the first in depth article I have seen. ALL governments micro-manage university and college policy/finances, no matter what they might say to the contrary.

Here are some truths you need to know:
Yes, I am biased as a 25 year employee of a University.

Yes, my University has also had completely unprecedented cuts in the past 12-24 months, with more coming.

Yes, it is because of the loss of International Students and their tuition revenue. Without that loss, many domestic enrollment numbers have actually been growing, but the money per student is orders of magnitude less. (ie. International was a cash cow)

Yes, faculty and even many admin, have been warning about the government downloading funding onto International tuitions for decades.

Yes, government will claim they are “investing more than ever”, but this is usually about Capital expenses (buildings, residences, infrastructure) or meeting contractual increases for staff salaries, *not* operating expenses.

Yes, in BC in the 1980s 80-90% of a University or College operating budget was covered by “base funding” from the province. Now, it is often below 50%. (If this makes you ask… is it still a “public University system”, please do!!)

And finally, yes, if we want to consider ourselves a modern country, we cannot possibly think this kind of contraction in educational opportunity (while domestic tuitions continue to increase!) is at all healthy for our society as a whole.

Toronto Star: thestar.com/news/ontario/new-n

Free Archive link: archive.is/oS7rR
#canpoli #cdnpoli #education #internationalEd #immigration #postsecondary #educationShouldBeFree

Toronto Star · New numbers reveal 10,000-plus Ontario college layoffs, 600 programs cancelled or suspended over past yearBy Janet Hurley
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Stephen Elliott~Buckley

@evilotto @DemocracyMattersALot

It is deeply clear at this part of the century that only deeply regressive "rich" countries charge tuition for #k12 or #postsecondary.

Count the #European #OECD countries charge no tuition, even for international students?

Politicians who say education is an investment, are all lying unless they end tuition. 54% of American adults read at the grade 6 level or lower.

Critical thinking, moral philosophy, media analysis skills.

thenationalliteracyinstitute.c

National Literacy · Literacy Statistics 2024- 2025 (Where we are now)The capacity to read and write, commonly known as literacy, stands out as a pivotal determinant in shaping an individual's career trajectory. Individuals with literacy skills have access to a broad spectrum of career possibilities, including highly skilled and well-paying positions. Conversely, those lacking literacy face severely restricted options, with even entry-level, low-skilled jobs posing challenges to secure.Globally, the overall literacy rate stands at a commendable level. For individu
#cdnpoli
Tim Mills

Trying to stem the tide of anti-intellectual, anti-conservative "Conservative" funding cuts in Alberta. Here's the latest appeal - to protect funding and front-line academic workers at the Univesity of Alberta: action.supportthespark.ca/lett

action.supportthespark.caShow your support for academic staff at the U of AUnderfunding academic staff puts frontline teaching and research at risk. Albertans are proud to have a world-class university in Edmonton, delivering a great education to students and contributing critical research to the world. The U of A’s academic staff are at the heart of the teaching and research that make the university great. But massive provincial cuts put that at risk and leadership at the U of A isn’t investing on frontline learning. Help us put pressure on the provincial government and university leadership to re-invest in the frontlines at the University of Alberta by writing a letter now.
#SupportTheSpark#UAlberta#Alberta
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AlsoPaisleyCat

@remixtures

Here’s reliable evidence validating concerns that literacy levels are dropping significantly in developed countries among those with lower levels of education.

This study goes beyond just basic decoding of words to assess numeracy, data interpretation and critical thinking skills.

Would welcome a gift link to the FT report please to get behind the paywall.

OECD has been testing adult literacy in a rigorous and comparable way since the mid 1990s with TALIS (The Adult Literacy International Survey). Here’s the OECD link to the top line 2023 findings gpseducation.oecd.org/Indicato

Here’s the news release from earlier this month from the Council of Ministers of Education Canada(CMEC) on the OECD release of the broader Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).

The message is that education matters: “adults holding bachelor’s degrees or higher consistently outperforming those with lower levels of education.”

cmec.ca/278/CANADA_RANKS_AMONG

#Literacy#OECD#TALIS
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽

The Chief Science Advisor’s report notes that “with each covid reinfection, the risk of developing PCC is cumulative.” Postsecondary students are particularly vulnerable to repeated COVID-19 infections because of shared living spaces (dorms, student housing) and frontline work (waiting tables and retail jobs, for instance), and transmission can be boosted by extensive mixing due to complex timetables and crowded spaces on campuses.

#CovidDenialism #Covid #PostSecondary

theconversation.com/we-can-and

Daniel Carkner🥀

I honestly hate these immigration restrictions in the first place, but now that they are in place this does seem like the "worst of both worlds" as the author asserts.

"In other words, Conestoga College was granted three times as many spaces for international students as the University of Toronto, Canada’s top-ranked university. This was also roughly 20 times as many as leading research institutions, such as Western and Queen’s."
policyoptions.irpp.org/magazin

Policy OptionsChanges to permits for international students reward the worst colleges and hurt serious researchersIt’s a failed policy to allot the highest numbers of permits to abusing institutions based on previous enrolment. It’s the worst of all outcomes.
#PostSecondary#CanPoli#CdnPoli
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

#Tired

To my #American #colleagues, I am #anxious for your #future. Who knows what will happen to #postsecondary #education under the new #presidential #administration?

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UnitedStates #Canada #HigherEducation #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

acrlog.org/2024/11/08/tired/

ACRLog - Blogging by and for academic and research librarians · Tired - ACRLogI am so tired of waiting.Aren’t you,For the world to become goodAnd beautiful and kind?Let us take a knife And cut the world in two—And see what worms are eatingAt the rind.Langston Hughes, "Tired" To my American colleagues, I am anxious for your future. Who knows what will happen to post-secondary education under the new
Canadian Association For Food Studies

The framing of food in Canadian university classrooms
A preliminary analysis of undergraduate human nutrition sciences, dietetics, and food studies syllabi

Andrea Bombak
Michelle Adams
Sierra Garofalo
Constance Russell
Emma Robinson
Barbara Parker
Natalie Riediger
Erin Cameron

#FoodPositivity #Education #PostSecondary #FoodStudies #NutritionEducation #Canada #DiscourseAnalysis

canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.

canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca The framing of food in Canadian university classrooms: A preliminary analysis of undergraduate human nutrition sciences, dietetics, and food studies syllabi | Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation Scholarly and community articles about food and food systems
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