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1/n Yesterday on @chris I commented (https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115612771113881465) about the #PostSecondary review announced by the #BCNDP.

Today, on #socialBC I want to do a summary thread on this 145 page “State of Post Secondary in Canada 2025”.

https://higheredstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SPEC-2025_web_v1.pdf

I am grossed out by its AI fanboying -- a statement on the "state" of education in itself -- but the data is good... so... onward.

cc: @josie_osborne @mlabotterell @votetanille @emilylowan
#BCPoli #CanPoli #Education #University

A screenshot of the PDF document shows a blue document title page with “The State of Postsecondary Education in Canada 2025” at the top and a collage of square and rectangular opaque images mostly in blue shades by some highlights in orange sepia and green.

Chris Alemany

@chris@socialbc.ca replied · last month

2/n The report starts with:

"It is the fall of 2025, and the state of postsecondary education in Canada is not good. The main cause of this is the perilous situation of public funding for higher education.”

I will try to keep things visual and brief here, the charts speak volumes.

The timeline is also personal. 2007 to 2024 is most of my entire 25 year career in PSE.
Spending? Flat. Despite inflation.
Per-Student funding? mostly same.

@josie_osborne @mlabotterell @votetanille @emilylowan

A screenshot of graphs from report shows two line graphs stacked one on the other. They show Federal and Provincial funding of PSE totalling about 35 Billion, a constant, since about 2007. And per student funding gradually dropping from $25000 to $20,000 in the same time for “all” and “university” and a more stable rate of $15,000 for “College”

Chris Alemany

@chris@socialbc.ca replied · last month

3/n now the truth starts to be revealed.

Has the value of education changed? At risk of drawing parallels to Trumpian demands for NATO targets ... what percent of GDP should a nation or province devote to post-secondary education? We're at 1% right now.

From $900 to just over $700 “per inhabitant" (a weird term)

Federal and provincial budgets? Feds have stayed around 1%... Provinces? essentially cut in half from 5%-3%.

@josie_osborne @mlabotterell @votetanille @emilylowan

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