Cape Breton University to lower international enrolment amid job, housing shortages

Enrolment figures show that the Sydney, N.S., school grew by more than 3,000 students in the last year. About 77 per cent of its 9,100 students come from outside the country

Cape Breton University has mapped out a plan to cut back on its leap in international student enrolment, though concern remains that housing and work will remain in short supply. Cape Breton University's Verschuren Centre is shown in Sydney, N.S., on Thursday, March 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Vaughan Merchant.Cape Breton University says it will scale back the recent explosion in international student enrolment, but it’s unclear if doing so will ease housing and part-time job shortages.

About 77 per cent of its 9,100 part-time and full-time students come from outside the country, with many registered in two-year business programs.

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