Big program cuts on the table at Vancouver Island University - BC

Windsor-based St. Clair College ponders more cuts amid $122M revenue decline

The college has suspended 18 programs and is in the process of eliminating 69 positions as efforts continue to erase a $6.5-million deficit.

Big program cuts on the table at Vancouver Island University - BC

Eleven programs could be slashed come September, while several others could end the following year as the school faces a cash crunch amid reduced international enrollment.

Exam week or not, students, PhD candidates and other employees of the Earth Sciences Department at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam are taking action today. They are trying to stop the proposed decision to cut their studies and jobs. And it's not just them who are worried: the professional field is also sounding the alarm. A petition against the plan has already been signed more than 8,000 times. Students and PhD candidates with a great deal …

PVCC Board Considers Closure of Underperforming Programs

When the Piedmont Virginia Community College Board meets today, one item on the agenda is consideration of closure of several academic offerings. One of them is the closure of the Visual and Performing Arts: Theatre and Drama program. “Despite past efforts to vitalize the program, annual enrollment has remained low—averaging approximately 17 students from 2019 to 2024— with fewer than five graduates per year, including only one graduate in 2024,…

VIU proposes program cuts in an effort to balance budget

Vancouver Island University is eyeing cuts to several undergraduate and graduate programs in an attempt to tackle its long-running budget deficit.

Cash-strapped VIU eyes deep program cuts

NANAIMO - Extensive academic program cancellations and suspensions are on the chopping block for financially s...