If the university didn’t see the ponzi ending, what business do they have teaching? Surely they could’ve see the excesses when the money was rolling in.
— Brian Matthews (@resaleTOhomes) November 30, 2024
2/ Factors fueling the crisis:
Domestic tuition freezes
Capped international enrolment
Rising costs and stagnant government funding.— Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) November 30, 2024
4/ 80% of UWindsor’s operating budget goes to salaries/benefits, with layoffs across all employee categories now confirmed.
Hiring and salary freezes are already in effect.
— Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) November 30, 2024
6/ Provincial government funding has stagnated for a decade.
In fact, UWindsor receives less grant support now than in 2017, despite growing operational demands.
— Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) November 30, 2024
8/ President Robert Gordon on the dire outlook:
“No signals we can count on government or anyone else… to assist us. We must figure out how to do less with less.”
— Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) November 30, 2024
10/ The takeaway?
Ontario’s post-secondary sector is at a breaking point.
Cuts, freezes, and layoffs are becoming the new norm, with students and staff paying the price.
— Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) November 30, 2024
The University of Windsor is facing a multi-million dollar budget shortfall over the next two years and in a sober town hall presentation to staff on Wednesday, administrators warned “no one is coming to save universities.”
The shortfall for the 2024-25 academic year is expected to be about $10 million, followed by a projected $30-million deficit in the 2025-26 year.
Joined by other members of the university’s executive team, President Robert Gordon said domestic tuition freezes, capped international student enrolment and escalating costs all contributed to the shortfalls, categorizing the issues as beyond the university’s control.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/uwindsor-financial-town-hall-1.7383499