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Public investment in Ontario universities continues to decline
Overall funding for universities, correcting for inflation, is set to decline by 2.5 per cent over the next four years. If current enrolment trends continue, per-student funding from the government will actually decline by seven per cent over the same period… this means that universities in Ontario will be forced to grapple with steadily declining resources, and corresponding threats to educational quality and affordability… the government’s current course is harmful to students, to families, and the province.
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Ontario’s funding for universities continues to slide
University funding as a percentage of GDP still lags well behind the rest of Canada, despite the government’s supposed interest in innovation… 2010-11 is the latest period in which we can compare Ontario with other provinces. That year Ontario government operating support to universities –as a proportion of provincial Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – was about 15 per cent below the average in the rest of Canada.
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Ontario must stop educators from limiting low-income students’ options
… teens from low-income homes are being sent into the non-academic credit programs when they enter high school, limiting their options for post-secondary education… People for Education found that in schools where the average family income is just $60,000, more than half the students are enrolled in “applied” math, instead of the academic program targeted to university education… It is true that poverty creates a host of social problems, but a proclivity for math or English has nothing to do with a parent’s income.
Tags: ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Low-income ‘streaming’ in Ontario high schools alive and well
“Unless we assume that wealthier students are inherently more academically capable, this correlation (between family income and academic streaming) is disturbing, all the more so given the evidence that suggests that taking applied courses itself may not merely reproduce disadvantage but actively exacerbate the risk of problematic academic outcomes.”
Tags: ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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HEQCO finds that Ontario’s universities are productive, efficient
… the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) reviews the performance of Ontario’s postsecondary education system in terms of access, quality, productivity, and social impact. It confirms … (that) our universities are efficient, productive, and accessible (though more work is needed to ensure participation for under-represented groups, such as Aboriginal and first-generation students)… The paper also continues HEQCO’s narrow focus on labour market outcomes.
Tags: ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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