Canada: Applications for English-speaking universities fall as Quebec raises tuition fees
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In Quebec, a reform by the provincial government has sparked anger from its two most prestigious Anglophone universities, McGill and Concordia. Undergraduate tuition fees will increase by more than 30 percent for Canadians from other provinces, while a new tax will be levied on these institutions for each international student. The measure is intended to better fund Francophone institutions but also aims for a "linguistic rebalancing," according to Quebec's government.
McGill and Concordia universities, whose reputation attracts students from all over the world, are seeing a drop in enrolment applications from Canadian students outside Quebec, as well as from international students. Under a bilateral agreement, Belgian and French students are spared from the reform. Our correspondents report.
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