Cambrian College suspends 10 programs due to declining enrolment following federal policy change
CBC
Cambrian College in Sudbury is suspending 10 programs for lack of enrolment, several of which were previously popular with international students.
President Kristine Morrissey explained that due to federal government policy changes, international graduates in several of the programs will no longer be eligible for work permits.
The subsequent drop in enrolment means those programs are no longer worth offering as not enough Canadian students are interested.
She projected 800 fewer international students at Cambrian next year, meaning a drop of $16 million dollars in tuition revenue.
Programs such as global business management, human resources management, hospitality, project management, public relations, and protection, security and investigation had been popular with international students, who pay much higher tuition.
Morrissey explained that the programs, some of which were first launched just three years ago, could be brought back if the federal government changes its policy to make the programs attractive to international students again.
Another program that was suspended, the two-year tourism diploma, had only been launched earlier this year, but few Canadian students signed up.
Also suspended are mobile application development, early childhood education administration, and general arts and science with Indigenous specialization.
The college is introducing a new program, nutrition and food service management that it hopes will appeal to international students because graduates will be eligible for work permits.
The two-year diploma will train people to be dietary and nutrition consultants in hospitals, long-term care homes and daycare centres. It's expected to attract 20 students in each of the fall and winter intakes.
Vice-president of academics Janice Clarke said she expected the program to do well because it's unique in the north and employment rates are on par with the provincial average
As well, Clarke said Cambrian is changing the data analytics program so students will qualify for graduate work permits.
These program suspensions come with the cutting of seven full-time faculty positions, but Morrissey said they're taking a "people-centred" approach that she hopes will avoid layoffs, through re-assignments and retirements.
The drop in tuition revenue is rolled into an overall $40 million dollar decrease in operating revenue that Cambrian is managing this year, compared to a surplus of about the same amount last year.
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