Fanshawe College Staff, Students Fret as Program Cuts, Job Losses Loom

Provincial nailing underfunding and a massive drop in lucrative international stude enrolled, fanshawe college faces permanent program suspensions and layoffs, its President Warned Staff at a Town Hall on Wednesday Morning.

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“The Fanshawe College of Tomorrow Will Look Different,” Peter Devlin Said in the Meeting, Which Was Streamed Live Over Youtube and Dubbbed Fanshawe’s Road to Sustainability.

Devlin Said the College Expects A $ 35-million Deficit this year, to be followed by a whopping $ 60 million due to the federal goverment’s decision to cap the number of international studs allowed. They are a major income source for post-secondary schools, paying as much as five times More in tuition Than Domestic Students, But the Numbers Put Pressure on Housing Nationwide.

Fanshawe College has a budget this year of $ 537 million. Next Year, it’s set to be $ 338 million.

Devlin Said Enrolment of First Year International Students has dropped 41 per hundred from the winter semester of 2024. That drop in International Students Will Continue with More Steep Declines, He Said.

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A HIRING FREEZE was put into place this week, he said.

“You should anticipate Next Month that there will be early incentive program. . . Announced, “Devlin Said at the Town Hall.

In January, fanshawe officials announced the school was Chopping 18 Winter Semester Programs After the Federal Government Slashed its International Student Study Permites.

AT The School’s South London Campus, 90 per hundred of the Students Are International, Devlin Said.

The College, With Campuses In London, Woodstock, St. Thomas, Simcoe and Huron and Bruce Counties, is conducting a review to identify which programming qualify for post-graduate work permit under new guide.

Strategycorp, an independent consulting firm being paid for by queen’s park, is in charge, Devlin Said. Its work is expected to be completely and will be reported to the board of governors at the end of April.

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More Program and Job Cuts will be annouded after the review is complete, Devlin Said.

Mark Feltman, President of Fanshawe’s Faculty Union, Says His Members are “UnderstandABly Apprehensive” about the situation.

“Precarious workers have been made even more precarious in this landscape, and even full-time workers, with their Greater Protections, Are Worried by Talk of Layoffs and Program Suspensions,” He Said.

But the Bigger Story SHOULD BE “About Why Ontario Colleges Are Funded So Poorly” by Queen’s Park, He Said. “Tuition has been cut and capped, forcing colleges into highly vulnerable reliance on unregulated international stude tuition fees.”

Siddarth Sing, Fanshawe’s Student Union President, Said: “It’s Clear that this situation will have Broad implications Not Only for International Students But also for Domestic Students.”

Per the School’s Website, Fanshawe has about 43,000 Full- and Part-Time Students per Year in More than 220 Programs.

The Next Town Hall Meeting For Fanshawe College Staff is Scheduled to be Held in Early May.

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