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Faculty union report slams colleges as ‘autocratic’, calls for academic freedom
Union leader says faculty willing to strike for recommendations in new report on education in Ontario colleges
Mature students should get Ontario tuition grant
It would be beneficial for mature students to be able to receive the tuition grant of 30 per cent off through the Ontario Student Assistance Plan (OSAP), but many of them won’t even be eligible.
Ontario aims to improve student mobility with credit transfer database
Anqi Shen Canadian University Press HAMILTON (CUP) — The Ontario government has launched an online database providing centralized course-to-course information for post-secondary students looking to transfer credits.
Ontario tuition grant extended to private colleges
Anqi Shen Canadian University Press HAMILTON (CUP) — The Ontario Liberals announced on Jan. 20 that they are extending the ‘30 per cent off’ tuition grant eligibility to cover about 5,000 more students. Co-op students in their final year of a five-year program and students in private post-secondary institutions who qualify for the Ontario Student…
Federal government aims to double number of international students
Jane Lytvynenko Canadian University Press OTTAWA (CUP) — Canadian university classrooms could have twice the number of international students in the next eight years. On Jan. 15, the Conservatives announced a strategy to double the amount of researchers and students coming from abroad. The program centers around $5 million per year in funding primarily going…
Province plans expansion of satellite campuses
Ontario releases Major Capacity Expansion Policy Framework for college and university satellite campuses
Ontario invests $42 million in online learning
Current system called a ‘hodge-podge’ of technology
GBC plans to focus on jobs, research, and programs in the future
The Ontario government is working towards its plan of creating a differentiation framework which might impact the future of all public post-secondary colleges and universities in the province.
Ministry suggests changes to tuition billing and deferral fees in Ontario
Anqi Shen Canadian University Press HAMILTON (CUP) — A new proposal by the Ministry of Colleges, Training and Universities suggests new tuition billing, flat fee and ancillary fee policies could be in place by 2015.
Major changes to Ontario PSE expected in next 6 months
The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities is set to implement big changes to Ontario’s post-secondary education sector over the next six months Angi Shen CUP Ontario Bureau Chief HAMILTON (CUP) — The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MCTU) is set to implement big changes to Ontario’s post-secondary education sector over the next six months….
Tuition increase a sign of an underfunded system
By Mick Sweetman Recently while taking the subway in the morning rush there was an almost business-as-usual delay that left hundreds, perhaps even more than a thousand people crammed onto the platform as we waited for the train. When the train did finally arrive, it was packed to the gills with people who had…
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