This is what happens when you run anything, including universities, as for-profit businesses rather than what they are and should be.
"It's a cash cow," said Richard Kurland, an immigration lawyer and policy analyst in Vancouver. "Each student likely generates at least $20,000 for an educational institution, and we're talking about thousands and thousands of students."
@Greengordon I've never even heard of any of these universities (or are they sort of colleges or trade schools of some type?) or are they branches of more well known universities?
*I looked up the biggest one and it seems they're more like trade schools and not actually universities.
@fifilamoura@Greengordon I'm only familiar with one name - University Canada West, it was running in Victoria for 6 yrs. They mostly advertised to international students who weren't able to get into public colleges & universities. Local/BC/Canadian students were less than 5%. Students got shafted when Vic location closed as other colleges/universities didn't recognize UCW credits. Students had to start from scratch or move to Vancouver & finish there. Most students couldn't afford to move.
@fifilamoura@Greengordon UCW is now owned & managed by foreign entities. All the previous Canadian investors are gone. International students still make up over 95% of enrollments.
@msquebanh It's quite disturbing that this story keeps getting reported as "universities" when it's actually various kinds of tech and trade schools that aren't universities at all. I'm not surprised that they're schools that aren't recognized by other schools! @Greengordon
@fifilamoura@Greengordon UCW destroyed Victoria School of Art - after they bought it years back. They never followed through with development of Fine Arts degree program. Enrollment sank to under 20 students, from close to 300 students - not long after UCW takeover. They were jacking up course fees, while not providing any extra value for those costly increases. They screwed over lots of art students with just that failure alone. That school had mostly local BC students enrolled.
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