Has anyone talked about the Conestoga situation yet? If so, I think it's worth repeating...
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"The union representing Ontario college faculty and support staff, OPSEU/SEFPO, is calling for immediate intervention by the province after Conestoga College issued nearly 400 lay-off notices last week."
Cuts to immigration have been straining a slew of local colleges as of late, leading to staff and program cuts. The downsizing has affected Fanshawe College as well. Many in post-secondary education are feeling the heat.
I have some sympathy for the staff members, but none for the college administration, and before I continue, the buck has to stop somewhere and we cannot enable this system any longer.
I dont like the concept of anyone being laid off before the holidays, especially en masse. Things are tough enough as they are to get by, frankly speaking.
Saying that, a)
they willingly participated in a diploma mill. Hands down, theres no other way to portray this. They got their money, their bag, and a sense of safety for years- while basically participating in a system which destroyed everyone elses.
b) If you have any sense, I get it (a jobs a job in this economy), youd stick with it for a year, maybe 2, and then bounce the fuck
out and away from this college. It was a dumpster fire just waiting to happen. Dont know what, but transfer to a different college, try to get something in university teaching, try to get something teaching high school, anything else. I dont blame people for their situations necessarily, but when you choose to stay in a bad situation (like working at conestoga), when the chickens come to roost, you have to deal with it. Obviously there will always be exceptions to the rule, but thats my general take.
The school administration basically destroyed its own reputation by turning it into a diploma mill, by pressuring teachers to just pass students regardless of effort, and by opening the literal floodgates to immigration scams and hundreds of thousands of Indian "students" (conestoga alone), because they wanted the cash.
They expanded hiring as a result, but created an unstable house of cards, and ultimately- this is on them.
I dont want to be involved in a bailout or anything, because frankly with all the profits that said college made (college president getting a bonus),
they should be the ones paying out the teachers they overhired and then when the system became unstable, cast them out.
Good riddance to conestoga, frankly.