Education: What Is It Good For?

Universities across Alberta have experienced huge funding cuts over the last three years. Come fall, students will be paying for that with huge tuition increases (some as high as 104%). But these changes are bigger than just dollars and cents, they beg the question: What is the point of getting a post-secondary education?

Freelance journalist Oumar Salifou reports on the impacts seen in Alberta and host Jesse Brown interviews Alberta's minister of higher education. 

Featured in this episode: Anita Cardinal, law student at the University of Alberta; Reginald Wiebe, assistant professor of English at Concordia University of Edmonton; Dave Lamont, a caretaker at the University of Calgary; Brenda Austin-Smith, president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers; Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta's minister of higher education 

Further reading:

• Some Alberta post-secondary institutions left relatively unscathed while U of A funds slashed, new data shows, CBC News
• Post-secondary students grapple with increased tuitions as a result of provincial funding cuts to education, The Globe and Mail
• Budget 2021: Post-secondary sees further cuts, 750 job losses, The Calgary Herald
• 'A turning point:' After years of cuts, Alberta budget signals growth for U of A, The Edmonton Journal
• Alberta universities voice mixed feelings about budget 2022, Global News

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