Ontario is vowing to clamp down on private universities that are trying to attract foreign students by offering bogus degrees.
The changes, designed to close loopholes in existing legislation, come as the province aims to attract up to 50 per cent more foreign students to its campuses in the next five years.
New powers to be introduced Tuesday will allow the province to shut down schools that offer university degrees that have not been approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Until now, the only recourse for the government has been through the courts, said a spokeswoman for the ministry. “These are organizations that are calling themselves universities that have not gone through the approvals process,” Annette Philips said. “They are mostly targeting international students.”
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“Bogus Degrees”? They must be talking about the University of Ottawa.
The fact that these “universities” are up and running means lack of oversight by the ministry of education. The approvals process must be referencing an accreditation process already in place. Obviously these unaccredited institutions are vying for the expected 50 percent increase in foreign students Ontario is projected to attract. Usually foreign students can pay in full the tuitions. The question is, where do Canadian students get promoted in the plan? Particularly as we face a doctor shortage. It seems the McGuinty gov’t is neglecting any long term plan for prioritising the need for promoting first and foremost Canadian medical students.
It’s a blip on the McGuinty radar. Still a blip to be rectified because an unaccredited institution will issue “bogus” degrees/certificates. So in effect, it’s a scam where tuition paying students lose out on their investment.
Anybody notice how the age inappropriate sex ed curriculum wiped out the Catholic Church scandal in the MSM for at least a week? Who says McGuinty isn’t a good Catholic family man?