Pages tagged "Post-Secondary Education"
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Alberta UCP Is Showing Canada How to Destroy Education
Alberta’s premier Kenney is wreaking havoc on the province’s post-secondary education system — not just through cuts and privatizations but through a brutal reshaping of public education itself.
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‘Exceptional tuition increases’ to hammer U of A students
The UCP Advanced Education Minister Nicolaides approved increases ranging from 16 to 104 per cent. Affected programs are business, engineering, law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and education.
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UCP approves large tuition increases for several U of C programs
UCP Advanced Ed Minister Nicolaides confirmed U of C BSc engineering, the medical doctor (MD) and the master of business administration (MBA) programs will have “exceptional increases" to tuition.
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UCP’s brutal funding cuts spark fear in UofL’s Music Dept
Faculty and students in the University of Lethbridge Music Department are fearful of the impact of a “drastic restructuring” of programs brought about by the Kenney government’s brutal funding cuts.
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AB spends less per post-secondary student than other provinces
More recent and accurate data, than in the MacKinnon report, used to justify cuts, shows Alberta spends less per student on instruction, at the university level, than comparator provinces.
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Alberta's cuts to post-secondary education based on bad data
This data is more recent — and likely more accurate — than those in the MacKinnon report which continue to be used to justify government policy.
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UCP govt to cut post-secondary spending by $1.5 billion
UCP govt to cut post-secondary spending by $1.6 billion. That number increases to more than $3.5 billion if you factor in inflation and population growth.
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Alberta universities' students protest tuition increases
University students protested tuition increases and budget cuts in a "Student Day of Action" at the University of Calgary, Mount Royal University, MacEwan University and the University of Alberta.
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Alberta’s post-secondary students to protest budget cuts
In its 2021 budget plan, the UCP cut funding to advanced education by 1.4 per cent, which is the equivalent of $72 million, cut operating cost funding and allowed tuition increases of up to 7 per cent.
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U of L has lost over $16M in provincial grant under UCP
The University of Lethbridge requires $8 million more in revenue from tuition and fees this year than they received 2 years ago. Plus, they’ve already laid off over 100 faculty and staff.
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