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Four years after the province announced a review of the public post-secondary funding formula, the Vancouver Community College Faculty Association got tired of waiting. @kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #bced
The province should cover 75 per cent of operations funding for colleges and universities, BC Policy Solutions says.
BC’s public post-secondary education system is facing its worst funding crisis in history.
The immediate trigger for these cuts was the federal government’s 2024 cap on international student study permits, however... (1/3)🧵
...the systemic reliance on exorbitant intll student tuition is rooted in decades of chronic provincial and federal underfunding + marketization of the sector.
In her latest report, Véronique Sioufi, PhD traces the historical throughlines of the system to understand how we got here. (2/3)🧵
NOON TODAY — our inaugural North Star Dialogues for Social Change examines links between policy decisions and the effects on migrants’ lives in ‘Confronting migrant injustice in the new era of immigration policy’.
June 4, 12 PM PT
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IN AN HOUR Véronique Sioufi, PhD; Amanda Aziz, Migrant Workers Centre; Byron Cruz, Sanctuary Health; Syed Hussan, Migrant Workers Alliance for Change; Jennifer Shaw, Thompson Rivers University, launch our inaugural North Star Dialogues for Social Change.
NOON TODAY PT
BC’s public post-secondary education system is facing its worst funding crisis in history. @verosioufi.bsky.social captures a critical moment in time for the sector. She traces the historical throughlines and outlines a path forward where PSE = public infrastructure.
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Most importantly, she outlines a path forward that reclaims post-secondary education as essential public infrastructure via concrete policy recommendations.
Read the report at:
Since 2024, public post-secondary institutions in BC have cut or suspended over 180 programs, laid off more than 1,300 faculty and countless contract staff and closed over 45 student services. 19 out of 25 of them are projected to operate at a loss with an estimated $300 million annual shortfall.
This new report is a must read for all who care about our public colleges & universities:
Rebuilding post-secondary education as public infrastructure in BC (or how we fix the predictable failures of marketization)
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British Columbia’s public post-secondary education system is facing its worst funding crisis in history. This report captures a critical moment in time for BC’s public post-secondary education sector....
