Declining new student enrollments have put Concordia University in dire financial straits

According to Montreal CTV, Concordia University has seen a significant decrease in the registration of new entries, and this has caused a significant decrease in the revenues of this collection. The officials of this university announced that after 10 years of growth, the registration process has decreased in the years 2021 and 2022 and the academic year 2022-2023.

Due to this decrease in income, Concordia University cannot cover its basic expenses, which mainly include salaries and day-to-day activities. In addition, things such as providing teaching, research, and student life expenses have also faced problems, and on the other hand, general inflation has also affected the cost of goods and services.

In the current situation, this university plans to reduce its expenses by 7.8% through measures including stopping the payment of university managers’ salaries, continuing to stop hiring non-teaching staff and taking help from reserve funds, etc.

It should be noted that university officials believe that the increase in fees will reduce the desire of new students to enroll, but apparently the government does not pay attention to it and believes that this increase in fees is designed to protect the French language, because a large number of non-French speaking students flock to Montreal and after graduation They leave it. While critics believe there are better ways to protect the language, including free French language courses at universities, that do not limit educational opportunities.

According to critics, these policies of the government aimed at protecting the French language will ultimately cause problems and weaken the important universities of the province such as Concordia, McGill and Bishop.