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This week in 1966, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson announced that 50% of post-secondary education costs would be paid for by the federal governement.
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Because there have been no increases in close to 20 years, the vast majority of federally funded graduate scholarships amount to less than minimum wage.
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In Canada, graduate student scholarship amounts have not increased since 2003.
They have not kept pace with inflation.
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85 collective agreements of CAUT member associations are expiring this year.
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Women in full-time faculty positions are less likely than men to be tenured.
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Though the CCAA process at Laurentian University is coming to a close, the repercussions of this process will be felt for a long time.
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Repercussions of the CCAA process at Laurentian University:
➡️195 staff and faculty terminated
➡️36% of university programs eliminated
➡️932 students impacted
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Each year, government funding as a share of university operating revenue goes down.
Students are paying higher tuition fees & universities are looking for more private funding.
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Increases to tuition fees at the University of Alberta this fall:
💵Counselling Psych (Masters) ⬆️104%
💵Pharmacy ⬆️ 44%
💵Engineering ⬆️ 24.5%
💵Dentistry ⬆️ 40%
💵Radiation Therapy ⬆️ 20%
💵Med Lab Sciences ⬆️ 17%
💵Law ⬆️ 29%
💵MBA ⬆️ 71%
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Sending two people to university or college in 2019 required over 18% of a household’s income.
This is more than double what it was a generation ago in 1990.
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Many academic staff work on short-term contracts, but @StatCan_eng’s University and College Academic Staff System (UCASS) Survey does not collect info on contract instructors, making it hard to get accurate data, and leaving contract staff numbers underestimated. #CAUTFactFriday
Job action among CAUT members has peaked in 2022, with the highest amount of strikes CAUT members have seen in more than ten years.
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British Columbia estimated that the province will have over one million job openings by 2031, and that 80% of these of jobs will require post-secondary education or training.
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Average undergrad tuition fees 💵 have increased by 115% in the last 20 years.
By comparison, overall consumer prices (CPI) increased by 44%.
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