Algonquin College: Guaranteed on-campus residences for international students for spring term [Video]

Algonquin College says all new international students will have a guaranteed on-campus residence accommodation for the upcoming spring term 2025.

The new initiative comes as the college navigates through enrollment shortfall due to the new federal cap on international students and changes to the eligibility for post-graduate work permits. Due to the shortfall, the college is projecting a $32 million decrease in revenues.

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President and CEO Claude Brulé says international enrolment will be short nearly 2,400 incoming students, and the college will be forced to make “difficult budgetary decisions now” to deal with the funding shortfall.

“To be clear, the government policy decisions that have been announced will be with us for some time, and this will compound the financial impact on the College in the years to come,” Brulé said in an open letter to Algonquin College.

“It is …