Higher Ed futurist, strategic planning and branding consultant, retreat facilitator, presenter of campus workshops / conference keynotes. Ten with Ken webcast!
I'm pretty quiet here on Facebook, but join me on Eduvation Circles, my FREE virtual community, for a whole lot more about #CdnPSE! https://t.co/6mOyeC7NYP
I’ve just completed a major overhaul of Eduvation’s #CdnPSE Dashboards, and based on the past 2 years’ job cut announcements, we can expect more bad news before summer… Full details and interactive graphs are available free at https://t.co/o2VWsN1azs
My 10th anniversary roundup of #HigherEd#AprilFools videos is now live on Eduvation Circles. (Free access area) Let me know what I've missed in the comments! #pseweb#cdnPSE
https://t.co/cumwR7JQNO
It’s been a busy week, adding $140 million in budget damage, 734 jobs cut, 99 programs suspended, and another potential campus closure to my #CdnPSE Dashboards. You’ll find all the details in the new and improved Dashboards area, on Eduvation Circles!
https://t.co/lIpyWWPYra
In January, #CdnPSE reported another $54.5M in losses (bringing my tally to $5.7 billion) and cut 600 jobs (17,078 in all). We saw 19 more site closures (66 so far) and 70 more program suspensions (totalling 1,065).
Check out the real time dashboards at https://t.co/aPhL1iSTxO
Alas, Scrooge gave lumps of coal to employees at 6 CdnPSEs just in time for the holidays, with the announcement of another campus closure, $14M more in deficits, and about 900 more jobs to be eliminated. Read the details on my latest blog at https://t.co/Z70yin5p3k
#CdnPSE#IRCC
I'm gathering higher ed holiday videos (80 already, and counting!) and will share highlights from a shortlist next Thursday, Dec 18, in my annual Holiday Special Livestream! Join my Inner Circle and vote on the best of the best! #hesm#pseweb#cdnPSE
https://t.co/ZD8DoSIAZq🎄
Might as well get the Grinchy stuff out of the way now…
My tally of #CdnPSE jobs lost rose 27% in the past 2 weeks, to 15,591 in all.
As always, you’ll find full details, an interactive graph, footnotes and sources at https://t.co/aPhL1iSlIg
#CdnPSE has lost $3.7 billion, 12,260 jobs, 963 programs, and 45 campuses or sites so far. (I'll miss Algonquin's Perth campus and Northwestern's Fairview campus in particular - but there will be more.) My CdnPSE Dashboards are being updated daily at https://t.co/aPhL1iSlIg
Over the past month, #CdnPSE has lost another 1,000+ jobs (attrition, layoff, or retirement), bringing my total to 12,034. Not counting most contract/outsourced jobs. The damage of IRCC cuts continues to pile up. For details and sources, see https://t.co/aPhL1iSTxO
This week, almost $200 million more in losses reported by #CdnPSE - particularly by some small Ontario colleges who can least afford it! Challenging times everywhere... #ONpoli#ONpse - see https://t.co/QlEbPzKKHc for details.
I've finally recorded a 12-min video to explain Eduvation's proprietary Brand Chemistry™ approach, and demonstrate the card game which I've found can focus the minds of campus stakeholders to an unprecedented degree... #CdnPSE#branding#PSEweb
https://t.co/idAXJGrMh8
I don't know where I found the time to produce a 25-min Ten with Ken Back to School Special last year - but ICYMI, it's still a fun romp through 100 hours of social media videos from 100+ colleges and universities around the world... https://t.co/fUhYxtCDAl #hesm#pseweb#cdnPSE
This month, I added 635 jobs to my tally of jobs eliminated in #CdnPSE - bringing the total to 10,963. The worst-hit are Ontario colleges and Quebec anglophone universities. And I'll be adding more today, alas. See the latest in real time at https://t.co/aPhL1iSlIg
I've been tracking #CdnPSE job cuts, but now I'm summing up threats of labour action for Fall. After years of inflation, some surpluses and executive pay raises, rising workload, and looming AI...
Read what and where in my blog on Eduvation Circles at https://t.co/1K93FEncdt
I sum up key features of OpenAI's new #ChatGPT 5, "an entire team of PhD experts in your pocket." It beats previous #AI models and hallucinates less - so even more challenge for academic integrity in #CdnPSE...
Check out my blog at https://t.co/GDTDPHwbX5
This week, OPSEU reported 1,800+ job losses at Conestoga College - boosting my #CdnPSE tracker past 10,000 and pushing Conestoga way ahead of other hard-hit Ontario colleges. See the interactive graph, and sources/specifics, at https://t.co/aPhL1iSlIg
This month, reported #CdnPSE financial impacts from the #intled cap surpassed $3 billion. (This month, $173M came largely from universities in Atlantic Canada, York and McMaster.) Full details are at https://t.co/QlEbPzKcRE
#CdnPSE Job Impacts are up 200+ this week thanks to Dalhousie U. 8,580 so far. (Hoping OPSEU will share their data re 10,000 jobs at Ontario Colleges - I have about half that recorded by institution so far.) As always, the full details and sources are at https://t.co/aPhL1iSlIg
#CdnPSE lost another $14M this month, at Sault College in particular, and 92 more jobs at Sault and La Cité (bringing the total to 8,296), along with 36 more program suspensions (now 583). As always, see my real-time dashboards at https://t.co/aPhL1iSlIg for specifics.
Podcaster David Fox and I discuss the existential crisis facing #CdnPSE, and some potential paths forward - from differentiation and collaboration to transnational initiatives, microcredentials, and alternative revenue. #onpoli#canpoli#intled
https://t.co/4AB4U070uW