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The federal and provincial governments have been underfunding universities for decades. Recently, universities were able to start recruiting foreign students to make up for the shortfall, but it looks like that money tap will be turned down. It doesn't look like there's a plan to make up for it.

At the same time, the feds want to

recruit more than 1,000 top international researchers to Canada, with the budget injecting up to $1.7-billion into a suite of recruitment measures.

That'll be tough if universities see their income crater.

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 0 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I know people who were qualified for graduate school, but did not get in. Mainly because foreign students pay better. There would actually be a more diverse/enjoyable university experience if more Canadians (say at least half of students) were admitted.

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago

Sweet talking conman right there.

[–] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 9 hours ago

Once they come for the universities, you know whats up. Happened in nazi germany, where they burned intellectual property including but not limited to the studies of the university of berlin about gender theory.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Entirely anecdotal, but a University I was attending almost went bankrupt during the pandemic because no one was paying for parking. Like, just losing that income almost destroyed it. I'm not sure Carney, who has never had to worry about rent, can really understand that.

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