Provincial governments don’t subsidize costs for international students, so their tuition is higher, generating additional revenue that has made all of our programming financially viable. These newcomers do not replace domestic students. In fact, they help us make more programs available to everyone. They also bring global perspectives to our classrooms—an important addition in rural areas like ours, which are generally less culturally diverse than cities.
International student caps aren’t decimating higher education. They’re not an ATM.
Decades of underfunding, compounded by tuition freezes are, though.
The article mentions the underfunding that led post-secondary institutions to rely, in part, on international students. It goes on to say all the other ways international students benefit the economy and community as well.
Helps to read the whole thing.
The historical meaning of decimating is to reduce by 1/10th.