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The Affordability of Canadian Universities, 2020, Part 1

The affordability of higher education is vital for the accessibility of higher education.  Unfortunately, much of the debate around affordability is conducted in terms simply of prices, and usually inflation-unadjusted ones at that.  But while price is an input to affordability, it is not the whole story.  In fact, it is exactly half the story: the numerator, if you will.  The other half, the denominator, is capacity to pay.  And yet for some reason we almost never bring this into

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November 8, 2022 4 Comments

Another Australian Fee Revolution?

To Australia, where big things may be afoot.  One thing about Australian higher education politics is that they tend not to do small reforms, regardless of which party is in power.  Where undergraduate fees are concerned, it looks like there might be another big shift, so let’s look at the current state of play. Here’s the first thing you need to understand about undergraduate fees in Australia: they don’t work like fees anywhere else in the sense they are not

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November 3, 2022 No Comments

Ontario Universities’ Looming Abyss

I am going to make two controversial claims.  The first is that the Ford government probably gets too much stick for its performance on higher education in its first term, and the second is that Ford’s second term looks set to be a LOT worse than the first.  Ready?  Here we go. The current Ford government in Ontario is often accused of “slashing funding” to universities.  However, as far as direct funding to institutions is concerned, the Ford government is

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October 24, 2022 2 Comments

Saskatchewan in a Nutshell

We have almost come to the end of the nutshell series.  In this, the final installment, we will look at Saskatchewan, which when you think of it is kind of to the other provinces what Canada is to the rest of the world.  The quintessence of Canada, if you will. Taking Saskatchewan last is partly a function of data problems in the province.  As in several other provinces, college numbers are subject to a sudden surge in the late aughts,

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September 14, 2022 2 Comments

Prince Edward Island in a Nutshell

Faithful readers will probably recall the “nutshell” series we produced last year (see here if you want to refresh your memory), in which we profiled 8 provinces’ post-secondary education systems before running out of time towards the end of the year, thereby disappointing some readers in Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan.  However, fear not!  We’re going to finish up this month, starting out east with the Island. To begin with student numbers: Prince Edward Island is the only province in

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September 1, 2022 No Comments
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