A government-commissioned report in Ontario suggests that the province should end its post-secondary tuition freeze and increase per-student funding to universities and colleges. The report highlights the negative impact of the freeze on institutions and recommends providing more money per student and supporting more students.
Ontario should end its post-secondary tuition freeze and increase per-student funding to its universities and colleges, a government-commissioned report has found. The Progressive Conservative government introduced a 10-per-cent tuition cut in 2019, as it cancelled the former Liberal government's free tuition program for low- and middle-income students, and has frozen fees at that level since then.
The freeze has forced post-secondary institutions to increase their dependence on international student tuition, which is considerably higher than for domestic students. The report released Wednesday by an external expert panel said ending the tuition freeze and boosting per-student funding would greatly help post-secondary institutions. "A foundational recommendation of the panel, if implemented, would increase direct provincial support for colleges and universities, providing for both more money per student and more students," the report sai
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