The 6.9% cuts to operating grants for Alberta’s two leading universities will amount to first-year hits of $44 million at U of A, $32 million at U of C. The cap on tuition fees will be lifted, and both institutions will be permitted to increase them by up to 7%. The...
Alberta’s Blue Ribbon Panel report is out. The plan for post-secondary education is similar to the one in the mid-nineties, when Premier Klein’s government imposed deep cuts to provincial grants, and allowed universities to respond with substantial student fee...