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Romanian Higher Education

Romania isn’t a country that gets a lot of attention outside southeast Europe.  But it should.  And I am not just saying that because of my well-known overfondness for the country’s sausage rolls and pufuleti. In terms of economic growth, it lies only slightly behind Poland in its performance over the last 15 years, and in terms of politics it has an admirably liberal president in Klaus Iohannis and a political culture which is remarkably calm compared to neighbours like

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September 14, 2023 No Comments

The Other Side of the Coin

I’ve spent a lot of time recently talking about Ontario colleges, about how they have responded to persistent underfunding by via the international student business (either on their own or via public-private partnerships).  But I have not spent so much time discussing the province’s other sector, the one which faced similar losses in government-controlled revenue but did not did not pursue international quit so arduously.  So today, let’s talk about Ontario universities. We can start by looking at financial data

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September 13, 2023 No Comments

Caps on Student Visas

Over the past few weeks, a weird idea has been emanating from Ottawa: a hard cap on student visa numbers.  This is a pretty foolish idea, as even a cursory examination of the issue will show.  It’s not entirely impossible – there is a narrow way to make it work – but I absolutely do not trust the present federal government to pull it off. First, let’s start with why people think a cap on student visas is necessary.  As

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September 12, 2023 2 Comments

A Short Explainer of Public Private Partnerships in Ontario Colleges

I always get questions about international students and visas when I travel across Canada talking to university and college audiences.  And what I find is that in most parts of the country, they are genuinely puzzled about what is happening in Ontario.  Most say they have heard about all these “unscrupulous private colleges” who are “taking advantage of students.” Online, more racist theories suggest this is a story of “human trafficking” in which these “private colleges” are “in on a

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September 11, 2023 98 Comments

Selective Schools and Holistic Admissions

Hi Everyone. I’m Alex Usher and welcome to the World of Higher Education podcast. This is our first pod back from summer break. And although it’s back to school time for the entering class of 2023, it’s also when final year secondary school students in North America have to start thinking about the process of applying for fall 2024. Even though the next class is a year away, the recruitment, application and admissions cycle is already in high gear. In most of the

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September 7, 2023 No Comments

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