I’ve just completed a major overhaul of Eduvation’s #CdnPSE Dashboards, and based on the past 2 years’ job cut announcements, we can expect more bad news before summer… Full details and interactive graphs are available free at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/cdnpse...
My 10th anniversary roundup of #HigherEd #AprilFools videos is now live on Eduvation Circles. (Free access area) Let me know what I've missed in the comments! #pseweb #cdnPSE
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Well, it’s been a busy week, adding $140 million in budget damage, 734 jobs cut, 99 programs suspended, and another potential campus closure to my #CdnPSE Dashboards. You’ll find all the details in the new and improved Dashboards area, on Eduvation Circles!
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This week, I added 38 more suspended programs to my tally, now 1,135 across #CdnPSE. The new and improved Programs Dashboard now includes an organized summary of details and sources, alphabetically by institution. Check it out, free, on Eduvation Circles!
circles.eduvation.ca/posts/cdnpse...
The first of my new-and-improved #CdnPSE dashboards is now live, detailing more than 90 campuses and sites closing in the wake of the #IRCC policy changes. Yes, 90 and counting...
See all the details free at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/cdnpse...
In January, #CdnPSE reported another $54.5M in losses (bringing my tally to $5.7 billion) and cut 600 jobs (17,078 in all). We also saw 19 more site closures (66 so far) and 70 more program suspensions (totalling 1,065).
Check out the real time dashboards at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im...
Alas, Scrooge gave lumps of coal to employees at 6 CdnPSEs just in time for the holidays, with the announcement of another campus closure, $14M more in deficits, and about 900 more jobs to be eliminated. Read the details on my latest blog at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/scroog...
#CdnPSE #IRCC
I'm gathering higher ed holiday videos (80 already, and counting!) and will share highlights from a shortlist next Thursday, Dec 18, in my annual Holiday Special Livestream! Join my Inner Circle and vote on the best of the best! #hesm #pseweb #cdnPSE
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Might as well get the Grinchy stuff out of the way now…
My tally of #CdnPSE jobs lost rose 27% in the past 2 weeks, to 15,591 in all.
As always, you’ll find full details, an interactive graph, footnotes and sources at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im...
#CdnPSE has lost $3.7 billion, 12,260 jobs, 963 programs, and 45 campuses or sites so far. (I'll miss Algonquin's Perth campus and Northwestern's Fairview campus in particular - but there will be more.) My CdnPSE Dashboards are being updated daily at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im...
Over the past month, #CdnPSE has lost another 1,000+ jobs (attrition, layoff, or retirement), bringing my total to 12,034. Not counting most contract/outsourced jobs. The damage of IRCC cuts continues to pile up. For details and sources, see circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im...
This week, almost $200 million more in losses reported by #CdnPSE - particularly by some small Ontario colleges who can least afford it! Challenging times everywhere... #ONpoli #ONpse - see circles.eduvation.ca/posts/budget... for details.
I've finally recorded a 12-min video to succinctly explain Eduvation's proprietary Brand Chemistry™ approach, and demonstrate the card game which I've found can focus the minds of campus stakeholders to an unprecedented degree... #CdnPSE #branding #PSEweb
youtu.be/9Mo8_gxv5u4
I don't know where I found the time last year, to produce a fast-paced 25-min Ten with Ken Back to School Special - but ICYMI, it's still a fun romp through a hundred hours of social media videos from 100+ colleges and universities around the world... youtu.be/r41ueGe_sq8 #hesm #pseweb #cdnPSE
This month, I added 635 jobs to my tally of jobs eliminated in #CdnPSE - bringing the total to 10,963. The worst-hit are Ontario colleges and Quebec anglophone universities. And I'll be adding more today, alas. See the latest in real time at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im...
I've been tracking #CdnPSE job cuts, but now I'm summing up threats of labour action for the Fall. After years of inflation, some surpluses and executive pay raises, rising workload, and looming AI...
Read what and where in my blog on Eduvation Circles at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/summer...
I sum up key features of OpenAI's new #ChatGPT 5, "an entire team of PhD experts in your pocket." It beats previous #AI models and hallucinates less - so even more challenge for academic integrity in #CdnPSE...
Check out my blog at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/gpt-5-...
This week, OPSEU reported 1,800+ job losses at Conestoga College - boosting my #CdnPSE tracker past 10,000 and pushing Conestoga way ahead of other hard-hit Ontario colleges. See the interactive graph, and sources/specifics, at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im...
This month, reported #CdnPSE financial impacts from the #intled cap surpassed $3 billion. (This month, $173M came largely from universities in Atlantic Canada, York and McMaster.) Full details are at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/budget...
#CdnPSE Job Impacts are up 200+ this week thanks to Dalhousie U. 8,580 so far. (Hoping OPSEU will share their data re 10,000 job losses at Ontario Colleges - I have about half that recorded by institution so far.) As always, the full details and sources are at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im...
#CdnPSE lost another $14M this month, at Sault College in particular, and 92 more jobs at Sault and La Cité (bringing the total to 8,296), along with 36 more program suspensions (now 583). As always, see my real-time dashboards at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im... for specifics and sources.
In "The Business of Higher Ed," host David Fox and I discuss the existential crisis facing #CdnPSE, and some potential paths forward - from differentiation and collaboration to transnational initiatives, microcredentials, and alternative revenue. #onpoli #canpoli #intled
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Every week I'm adding $80-$90 million in damage for #CdnPSE. This week, it's 3 Atlantic universities, 3 Quebec cégeps, and 2 Ontario institutions, bringing us to a total of $2.7 billion lost. For the latest updates, specifics, and sources, see circles.eduvation.ca/posts/budget...
Thanks to announcements by NAIT and BVC last week, and some more digging, my #CdnPSE Job Impacts Dashboard has risen by more than 1,800 positions, to 7,883 (and counting).
For the realtime dashboard, details and sources, see circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im...
This week #CdnPSE shed another 538 jobs, up to 6,017 - and many layoffs will be announced by June 30. In particular, Fanshawe College added 400 and Cape Breton U 117. (As always, see my Job Impacts Tracker for details and sources, at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im... )
The damage to #CdnPSE is up another $255M from 12 institutions in the past week, esp revenue drops at Algoma U, Cambrian College, and Laurentian U. As always, check my Budget Dashboard at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/budget... for the latest updates, details and sources!
By popular demand, my dashboards are now tracking #CdnPSE revenues lost, jobs lost, programs suspended and locations closed (31 to date). For details and sources see circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im... and let me know if I've missed any!
So far, I've tracked 472 #CdnPSE Program Suspension announcements in the wake of IRCC policy changes. Details and sources are available on my Job Impacts Tracker at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/job-im...
The budget toll on #CdnPSE continues to climb, with $141M in bad news from 8 more institutions this week. Notably, Algonquin College is drawing $40M from reserves rather than more layoffs or budget cuts. See the details and my sources at circles.eduvation.ca/posts/budget...
CTV News reports that Conestoga College laid off “more than 150” support staff yesterday afternoon in a mass Zoom call. I’ve added the figure, and the source link, to the Tracker on Circles already.