University enrolment is up despite dire predictions

By Karen Seidman. Quebec seems to have dodged the proverbial bullet when it comes to a demographic slump that was forecast for its universities.
Despite the turmoil of the recent student uprising over tuition fees and a severe $250-million funding cut (over two years) in December 2012 that walloped Quebec’s already struggling universities, student enrolment is up at the province’s four largest universities in Montreal.
And that’s good news since university funding is so inextricably tied to student population. More...