Statscan on College Degrees and International Students
What with all the excitement over back-to-school and the federal election, I have been a bit remiss in keeping up with news from Statistics Canada. Which is unfortunate, because One Thought’s...
View ArticleOntario Doubles Down on Dodgy Colleges
Remember about a month ago when I noted how several Ontario colleges now had international student numbers above 50% of total enrolment? And about how in some cases this was being done by small town...
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College Finance Data 2017-18
Morning. Just after the blog closed for the holidays, Statistics Canada did its annual release of data from the FINCOL survey (that’s the one that asks colleges about their income and expenditure,...
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Where the Living is Easy
Before Christmas, I made a bit of a fuss about the six Ontario Colleges who had made deals with private career colleges in the GTA to teach international students. The previous provincial government...
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New Enrolment Data. 2017-18. Finally.
Morning all. There is finally enrolment data from October 2017 for the 2017-18 year. Praise be StatsCan. (Some of you think I am a bit hard on the people from Tunney’s Pasture. Let’s be clear:...
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The Miracle of Ontario College Funding
Let me tell you a sad story about Ontario colleges. In 2018-19, Ontario colleges got a huge influx of extra public money, about $120 million or so, or a bump of about 7%. I’m not exactly sure why –...
View ArticleNova Scotia Manifesto Analysis (Summer Edition)
Morning all. Hope you are having a good summer. Just returning briefly to the blog because Nova Scotia goes to the polls today, and in the ancient, decade-long tradition of this blog (ten years ago...
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Canada: Not Quite as Good as It Looks in OECD Comparisons
On Monday, Statscan put out a “Portrait of Youth and Education in Canada,” which includes the following graph accompanied by a note to the effect that Canada has one of the highest post-secondary...
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Community College Revenues, 2019-20
I haven’t looked at community college finances recently and Statistics Canada just released the most recent FINCOL survey data, so it’s good time to return to the subject. I’ll stay focussed on the...
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Tennessee’s Free Tuition Experiment Reconsidered
Long time readers may remember about six years ago I examined a program known as the Tennessee Promise, one of the earlier “free tuition” programs in the US. Technically, it was not a “free tuition”...
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