#postsecondary — Public Fediverse posts

7/x

"MUNFA Raising Concerns About Cuts to Mathematics Department Faculty Positions"

https://vocm.com/2026/03/12/munfa-mathematics-department-cuts/

#munfa
#MUN
#newfoundland
#labrador
#postsecondary
#university
#canada

6/x

"MUN hires VP without community consultation"

https://www.fundmun.ca/news/mun-hires-vp-without-community-consultation

#munfa
#MUN
#newfoundland
#labrador
#postsecondary
#university
#canada

I guess it's "Public Education" be damned.
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"Don Avison, a former deputy minister of education and former board chair for Emily Carr University, has been tasked with suggesting fixes that don’t rely on additional provincial funding."
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me: Students, Insitituions, and previous NDP government reviews have been warning about this for years.

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"Freedom of Information requests obtained by student advocates showed that Wright was warning the province as early as 2023 about the dangers of colleges and universities relying on international student tuition — and that further increasing international enrolment wouldn’t solve financial issues."

"In its submission to Avison, the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators said the undermining of B.C.’s resource economy by U.S. tariffs makes having a robust system of post-secondary education outside the Lower Mainland even more vital.

It said public post-secondary institutions are “widening access, stabilizing households, and giving people the tools to stand on their own two feet.”"

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/long-awaited-review-of-post-secondary-financial-crisis-due-at-end-of-month-12178929

#bcpoli #education #publiceducation #postsecondary #viu

5/x Meanwhile, Memorial University's senior administration continues to actively undermine the governance structure of the university by finding ways to route around Senate (the body with decision making power on academic matters) through the use of a private consultant.

Details here: https://munfa.ca/administrations-spending-priorities-and-questions-about-shared-governance-at-memorial/

#munfa
#MUN
#newfoundland
#labrador
#postsecondary
#university
#canada

4/x Fund the Freedom to Learn

"A plaque in the atrium of the Arts and Administration building on MUN’s St. John’s campus reminds us that our university was created as a living tribute to the enormous sacrifices made by the people of Newfoundland and Labrador on the battlefields of Europe: “In the freedom of learning their cause and sacrifice might not be forgotten.”

This legacy is a moving testament to the desire of the people of this province to build something of beauty and meaning that helps us all live better together now and in the future of this place."

https://themuse.ca/letter-fund-the-freedom-to-learn/

#munfa
#MUN
#newfoundland
#labrador
#postsecondary
#university
#canada

We knew enrolments would drop if tuition were raised. Data were released today during an employee townhall.

Guess what? We were right (shocker).

See here (2021): https://www.caut.ca/bulletin/news-munfa-fighting-a-doubling-of-tuition-fees-and-pse-cuts-in-newfoundland-and-labrador/

And here (2022): https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/josh-lepawsky-nl-governments-underfunding-of-mun-undermines-its-educational-mission-and-the-very-foundations-on-which-democratic-social-life-is-built-100690441

And here for today's data: https://mun.ca/evolve/media/production/memorial/administrative/evolve/Employee-Town-Hall-March-2026-(002).pdf

#munfa #MUN #newfoundland #labrador #postsecondary #university #canada

2/x The cuts at our university are happening despite the university repeatedly showing that for every $1 of public money put into it, $2 - 4 come out into the broader economy. This tells us that the arguments for cuts are based on 'something' other than evidence.

#munfa #MUN #newfoundland #labrador #postsecondary #university #canada

1/x For more than a decade, our provincial government has been defunding our university. Now, contract faculty positions are being cut, class sizes are increasing, while students' tuition has increased 2x-4x over the last 2-3 years. Literally, paying more to get less... #munfa #MUN #newfoundland #labrador #postsecondary #university #canada

Master Gardens of Douglas County offering $1,000 horticulture post-secondary scholarship – Alexandria Echo Press https://www.allforgardening.com/1599968/master-gardens-of-douglas-county-offering-1000-horticulture-post-secondary-scholarship-alexandria-echo-press/ #DouglasCounty #garden #gardening #HorticulturalScholarships #horticulture #MasterGardeners #PostSecondary #Scholarships #ScholarshipsAvailableInMyArea #UniversityOfMinnesotaExtension

Master Gardens of Douglas County offering $1,000 horticulture post-secondary scholarship – Alexandria Echo Press https://www.allforgardening.com/1599968/master-gardens-of-douglas-county-offering-1000-horticulture-post-secondary-scholarship-alexandria-echo-press/ #DouglasCounty #garden #gardening #HorticulturalScholarships #horticulture #MasterGardeners #PostSecondary #Scholarships #ScholarshipsAvailableInMyArea #UniversityOfMinnesotaExtension

Oh look, the #BCNDP Government finally noticed the Post-Secondary system is collapsing. *slowclap*

Can hardly wait for that report next spring... maybe I will still have a job by then...

PS: I have a crazy idea: perhaps post-secondary should be majority-funded by government, not by exploitative international tuitions that can just *disappear*)

PPS: Domestic enrolment is not declining in any significant kind of way in the sector. From the “State of Post Secondary Education in Canada 2025” by Alex Usher:
"This decline in per-student funding is therefore not primarily a result of a significant decline in total funding; rather, it is a result of expenditures remaining more or less
constant while enrollments increased.”

WHICH IS WHAT EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR DECADES

#layoffs #education #educationIsaRight #PostSecondary #VIU #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #University #College
https://albernivalleynews.com/2025/11/25/b-c-launches-independent-review-of-post-secondary-education-system/

Offices that could be moved out of the agency include the Office for #CivilRights, which investigates allegations of #discrimination on the basis of #race, #sex & #disability; the Office of #SpecialEducation & #RehabilitativeServices, which administers the $15 billion Individuals with Disabilities Act program; & the #Indian #Education program; the Office of #Elementary & #Secondary Education, which administers #K12 #grant programs; & the Office of #Postsecondary Education.

#Trump #law #Congress

“"We don't rise by proving each other wrong. We rise by refusing to let one another go," Jiang Yurong said on Thursday”

#China #USA #Education #InternationalEducation #ForeignStudents #Harvard #PostSecondary #Canada
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c787xv2xy1zo

Rally for a better contract!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xBaYdItrVaM

#AcademicUnions #PostSecondary #FairDeal #AASUA

Trying to stem the tide of anti-intellectual, anti-conservative "Conservative" funding cuts in Alberta. Here's the latest appeal - to protect funding and front-line academic workers at the Univesity of Alberta: https://action.supportthespark.ca/letters/stand-up-for-the-university-of-alberta?source=direct_link&

#SupportTheSpark #UAlberta #Alberta #PostSecondary

@remixtures

Here’s reliable evidence validating concerns that literacy levels are dropping significantly in developed countries among those with lower levels of education.

This study goes beyond just basic decoding of words to assess numeracy, data interpretation and critical thinking skills.

Would welcome a gift link to the FT report please to get behind the paywall.

OECD has been testing adult literacy in a rigorous and comparable way since the mid 1990s with TALIS (The Adult Literacy International Survey). Here’s the OECD link to the top line 2023 findings https://gpseducation.oecd.org/IndicatorExplorer?plotter=h5&query=51

Here’s the news release from earlier this month from the Council of Ministers of Education Canada(CMEC) on the OECD release of the broader Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).

The message is that education matters: “adults holding bachelor’s degrees or higher consistently outperforming those with lower levels of education.”

https://cmec.ca/278/CANADA_RANKS_AMONG_TOP_OECD_COUNTRIES_IN_FOUNDATIONAL_SKILLS__RESULTS_FROM_THE_PROGRAMME_FOR_THE_INTERNATIONAL_ASSESSMENT_OF_ADULT_COMPETENCIES_(PIAAC).html?id=1058

#Literacy #OECD #TALIS #PIAAC #Canada #CdnPoli #CanPoli #Education #Postsecondary #Universities #Reading #Data #DataVisualization #PublicPolicy

#Indigenous #graduates at the #UniversityOfWinnipeg held their first #celebratory #powwow in four years at the #DuckworthCentre on Saturday.
Families & friends of the graduates, representing a range of Indigenous cultures & communities, packed the #Duckworth Centre with a mix of traditional clothing & dancing on display.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6783764

#Winnipeg #Manitoba #Cultural #Graduation #Canada #decolonization #education #PostSecondary #University #NativeStudents #FirstNations #GoodNews

#Canada ’s minister for #WomenAndGenderEqualityAndYouth , Marci Ien, announced March 12 at #Toronto ’s #GladDayBookshop that more than $875,000 would be #granted between two #CommunityOrganizations— #AllianceForSouthAsianAIDSPrevention (#ASAAP ) & #EgaleCanada #HumanRightsTrust—for two special projects: #targeted #supports for #racialized #trans people & addressing #AntiGender hate on #PostSecondary campuses, respectively.
https://xtramagazine.com/power/funding-announcements-marci-ien-action-plan-247650

#LGBTQ #HumanRights #Canada #funding #GoodNews

Spending my Thursday afternoon thinking about #PedagogiesOfCare, how the lang. of care has been co-opted by #neoliberal institutions, and what authentic #care praxis could look like in teaching and learning at the #postsecondary level #AcademicChatter #Pedagogy #EducationalDevelopment

MDRC has an opening for a PhD-level #Qualitative Research Associate in their #Postsecondary #Education policy area. Salary range is $80k-120k, and they're open to remote work.

See position 2022-60 at https://secure6.saashr.com/ta/6162152.careers?CareersSearch&InFrameset=0&HostedBy=www.mdrc.org

#HigherEd #Qual #Evaluation #Eval #MixedMethods #Sociology #SocialScience #PublicPolicy #CommunityCollege #TA #Hiring #Jobs