Topic: Tuition and student fees
How do faculty and administrators imagine the future of higher education in Canada?
To address immediate health concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities in Canada rapidly transitioned to online and blended learning options […]
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Canada’s high schools are underfunded and turning to international tuition to help
Protesters join a demonstration organized by teachers’ unions outside the Ontario Legislature, in Toronto, as four unions hold a province-wide education strike […]
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Legal win doesn’t mean Ontario student associations are in the clear
Students walk on campus at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ont., in March 2017. An Ontario court recently ruled in favour […]
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Equity and social justice, Free speech and expression rights, Funding, Politics, Students, Tuition and student fees
How the “Student Choice Initiative” seeks to silence student voices
For decades, students’ unions have been raising concerns about skyrocketing tuition fees. Now, in an obscene twist, the Ford government is using […]
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Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Governance, Intellectual property, Research and innovation, Tuition and student fees
As public postsecondary funding stagnates, the University of Toronto explores “alternative funding sources”
Universities increasingly rely on student fees and other alternative funding sources to make up for falling levels of government support, but perhaps […]
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Academic mentorship, International issues, Students, Teaching and learning, Tuition and student fees
The importance of supporting international students with financial literacy education
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has indicated that financial knowledge is a central life skill for participation in modern […]
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Why do college textbooks cost so much? 7 questions answered
Textbook prices are taking a toll on student finances. alphaspirit/Shutterstock.com Editor’s note: The high price of college textbooks has long been a […]
READ MOREShow me the money: Is our obsession with grant money creating an avoid-teaching-at-all-costs mindset?
There is a pecking order in my department, as I’m sure there is in yours. At the top are those with the […]
READ MOREAlex Usher Needs to Consider Taxation
In my previous Academic Matters blog post, I argued that there are five advantages to universal access to financial assistance for post-secondary […]
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