{"id":30547,"date":"2024-05-22T21:15:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/?page_id=30547"},"modified":"2025-04-08T10:59:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:59:36","slug":"environmental-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/budget\/environmental-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Change Impacting Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Environmental Change Impacting Higher Education\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n

In the past several years, the environment within which post-secondary educational institutions have functioned has experienced acute and material change, resulting in significant sector-wide financial stress. This is the case for institutions across the province, as well as for many around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, the provincial government introduced a corridor grant model that no longer funded unlimited enrolment growth. Subsequently, tuition rates were cut by 10% and frozen. Through Bill 124, a salary cap on public sector wages was implemented and later repealed with no relief provided by the provincial government. The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted enrolments and resulted in significantly increased capital costs for materials. Along the way, we also dealt with international student visa delays and are now facing federally-imposed caps on international student visas at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Together, these external developments have had a destabilizing effect on Carleton\u2019s financial health, as well as that of all Ontario universities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The timeline above outlines some of the environmental changes that have impacted higher education since 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Post-secondary education institutions around the globe are facing similar pressures: <\/p>\n\n\n\n