Carleton University facing budget crunch due to international enrolment cap [Video]

Carleton University says it is projecting a significant increase in its operating deficit in the 2024-25 academic year as a result of the reduction in the number of international students being let into the province.

A letter to “all members of the Carleton community”, signed by L. Pauline Rankin, provost and vice-president of Academics, and Angela Marcotte, interim vice-president of finance and administration, said the university has seen international enrolment drop dramatically after following new federal caps.

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“The impact of the federally-imposed cap on international undergraduate student visas has been dramatic, resulting in a 55 per cent reduction in first-year undergraduate international student enrolment. Simultaneously, we experienced a 35 per cent reduction of incoming international graduate students,” the letter read.

The 10 per cent domestic tuition cut and freeze in Ontario was also mentioned as …