As a reaction to the recently announced cap on international students, a number of programs at Fleming College are being cut.
The Board of Governors met on Tuesday and made the ‘difficult’ decision to eliminate 29 programs at the Sutherland Campus and Lindsay’s Frost Campus.
In a statement released, officials say:
“As a result of the recent federal cap on international students coming to Ontario, and the elimination of educational private partnerships, we have made difficult, but necessary, evidence-based decisions about program continuation and suspensions. Current students are not affected by these decisions. Our priority will be to enable program completion of any student that is currently enrolled in any of the suspended programs.”
In an interview with PTBOToday.ca after the international cap details were released in January, President Maureen Adamson said:
“It is important to recognize the relationship between international students and our local economies. The implementation of international student caps poses a threat not only to the educational experiences of all of our students but also to the vitality of our regional economy. The economic impact of a 50% reduction of international student enrollment will be a staggering loss to our communities: Peterborough, Lindsay and Haliburton.”
The programs impacted are:
• Business — Accounting (BAC)
• Business — HR (BHC)
• Conservation and Environmental Law Enforcement (NRL)
• Ecological Restoration (ERJ)
• Ecosystem Management Technology (EMX, EPX, EPD, EMD)
• Electrical Power Generation (EPG)
• Emergency Management (EMP)
• Environmental Technician (ETN)
• Environmental Technology (ETY)
• Environmental Visual Communication (EVC)
• Fish & Wildlife Technology (FW)
• GAS Environmental & Natural Resource Studies (GSN)
• General Arts & Science University Transfer (GSU)
• GIS Applications (GIA) & GIS Applications Online (GAO)
• GIS Cartographic (GC)
• Global Business (GBS)
• Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance (HSE)
• Heavy Equipment Techniques (MPH)
• International Business Management (IBM)
• Law Clerk (LCK)
• Marketing Management (MKT)
• Mechatronics (MTY)
• Project Management (PMG)
• Recreation & Leisure Services (RLS)
• Supply Chain (SCL)
• Therapeutic Recreation (THR)
• Urban Forestry (UF)
• Urban Forestry Technician (UFT)
• Waste Resource Management (SWM)
(Written by: Jordan Mercier)
