900,000 students coming in…

[DownUnder]

Don’t like your grade? Just complain and you’ll get a passing one! Super easy!

International students angered by failing grade say they feel exploited. Now the university is giving them a second chance — Toronto Star

Following a sit-in at Algoma University's Brampton campus, the school has given dozens more students a passing grade and moved to offer the students a free makeup exam.

apple.news

This system is a joke.

W. T. F. So the diplomas from that university are pretty much fakes. Good to know when your looking for emplyees

 

[mimico_polak]

W. T. F. So the diplomas from that university are pretty much fakes. Good to know when your looking for emplyees

‘Abnormally low passing grades so they adjusted the grades’

Yes…because the students aren’t studying and aren’t ready to pass!

Effing hell. What a joke.

 

[jc100]

Don’t like your grade? Just complain and you’ll get a passing one! Super easy!

International students angered by failing grade say they feel exploited. Now the university is giving them a second chance — Toronto Star

Following a sit-in at Algoma University's Brampton campus, the school has given dozens more students a passing grade and moved to offer the students a free makeup exam.

apple.news

This system is a joke.

In some places it may well be. Some of us are doing our best to make sure it’s not a joke. I’m not that tolerant of shenanigans.

 

[FullMotoJacket]

"I have a degree in this and I failed the same course at Algoma University some coconut college at Main + Queen St in Brampton."

Ya might want to be going back and get your money back from the university in India you got your degree from.......unless you are well aware that you bought your piece of paper from them, then carry on with your protest scam.

 

[matthew]

Gotta spell check the signs first

 

[mimico_polak]

Gotta spellcheck the signs first

‘Unfair Assessment’
‘Education is not for sale’

 

[FullMotoJacket]

‘Unfair Assessment’
‘Education is not for sale’

It looks like educatton

Then........
Runing students' career.
26000 CAD are not enough.

And PSALM 106.3? Is that a hip hop station in Timmins?

 

[mimico_polak]

It looks like educatton

Then........
Runing students' career.
26000 CAD are not enough.

And PSALM 106.3? Is that a hip hop station in Timmins?

I’m going to make sure any Algoma graduates are at the bottom of the pile…

 

[bigpoppa]

Im guessing not passing your courses throws a wrench in the PR or immigration process somehow?

In any event, better to throw all applications from these diploma mills in the trash.

 

[bigpoppa]

Also the meme potential is AMAZING.
Edit: You are welcome GTAM:

 

[crankcall]

Waiting for put better butter chicken in the cafeteria signage , and where can I park my TukTuk .


Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

 

[jc100]

Years ago some colleagues received a change.org petition to change a bunch of grades. That was amusing. Also ignored.

 

[GreyGhost]

Don’t like your grade? Just complain and you’ll get a passing one! Super easy!

International students angered by failing grade say they feel exploited. Now the university is giving them a second chance — Toronto Star

Following a sit-in at Algoma University's Brampton campus, the school has given dozens more students a passing grade and moved to offer the students a free makeup exam.

apple.news

This system is a joke.

Fail rate seemed pretty high. Maybe it was a new instructor that set the bar to high? Maybe it was a bunch of students that really didn't live up to required standard? I didn't see any answers as to why so many failed or why they adjusted marks after they were released.

Legitimate universities are much smarter about this. Teacher/prof grades go to admin for approval prior to being visible by students. Marks are adjusted all the time but there is no story as outside people don't see the before grades. As a first cut, a system like "the class median mark should be 65%" and then slide marks around to hit it can be reasonable in some situations. If the prof writes an exceptionally easy or hard exam (or poorly worded), that corrects student marks so they aren't penalized or rewarded for the profs failings.

 

[Chris-CJ]

This suggested policy change makes sense (from the C.D. Howe Institute):
On international students, we recommend reintroducing the cap on off-campus work at 20 hours a week that was waived in October 2022 and recently extended to April 30. Study permits have become de facto work permits, and brings job-seekers, not committed students.
We also recommend restricting study permits to institutions of a certain standard. Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs) whose students are currently ineligible for Post-Graduate Work Permits should also be ineligible for study permits. The government should also revoke designation based on the measured immigration and labour market outcomes of an institution’s graduates. Those outcomes should be regularly published by the immigration department to help prospective migrants make informed decisions and combat false dreams pushed by education recruiters.

Side Note on the TFWP:
Measures allowing, for example, 30 percent of certain workforces to be low-wage temporary foreign workers, need reconsideration. Stemming the growth in the Low-Wage Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and restoring the pre-2020 hiring regulations recognizes recent evidence of adverse effects of this program on wages and local unemployment rates.
The (Immigration) department needs to return to its Comprehensive Ranking System as it did before 2020. The transparency of its points system and a stable minimum eligibility score over time will mean that applicants can see what skills or training they need for entry, thereby advancing the objective of our skilled immigration program.

 

[mimico_polak]

This suggested policy change makes sense (from the C.D. Howe Institute):
On international students, we recommend reintroducing the cap on off-campus work at 20 hours a week that was waived in October 2022 and recently extended to April 30. Study permits have become de facto work permits, and brings job-seekers, not committed students.
We also recommend restricting study permits to institutions of a certain standard. Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs) whose students are currently ineligible for Post-Graduate Work Permits should also be ineligible for study permits. The government should also revoke designation based on the measured immigration and labour market outcomes of an institution’s graduates. Those outcomes should be regularly published by the immigration department to help prospective migrants make informed decisions and combat false dreams pushed by education recruiters.

Side Note on the TFWP:
Measures allowing, for example, 30 percent of certain workforces to be low-wage temporary foreign workers, need reconsideration. Stemming the growth in the Low-Wage Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and restoring the pre-2020 hiring regulations recognizes recent evidence of adverse effects of this program on wages and local unemployment rates.
The (Immigration) department needs to return to its Comprehensive Ranking System as it did before 2020. The transparency of its points system and a stable minimum eligibility score over time will mean that applicants can see what skills or training they need for entry, thereby advancing the objective of our skilled immigration program.

This makes too much sense. Will never happen.

But I’d love to see it implemented.

 

[jc100]

This is a bit of a catch 22. Provincial policies constantly underfund schools such that they need to seek income from elsewhere. So, more international students that bring in funding. People complain about more international students. Circle jerk starts again.

One simple solution to sort everything out is to take away the tuition cap freeze which would mean that many schools wouldn’t need to fill the shortfall with tuition from abroad.

In short, don’t blame the schools. The real issue is an idiot with a name that rhymes with “board”.

 

[FullMotoJacket]

In short, don’t blame the schools. The real issue is an idiot with a name that rhymes with “board”.

Trudeau doesn't rhyme with bored.

 

[raginduck]

This suggested policy change makes sense (from the C.D. Howe Institute):
On international students, we recommend reintroducing the cap on off-campus work at 20 hours a week that was waived in October 2022 and recently extended to April 30. Study permits have become de facto work permits, and brings job-seekers, not committed students.
We also recommend restricting study permits to institutions of a certain standard. Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs) whose students are currently ineligible for Post-Graduate Work Permits should also be ineligible for study permits. The government should also revoke designation based on the measured immigration and labour market outcomes of an institution’s graduates. Those outcomes should be regularly published by the immigration department to help prospective migrants make informed decisions and combat false dreams pushed by education recruiters.

Side Note on the TFWP:
Measures allowing, for example, 30 percent of certain workforces to be low-wage temporary foreign workers, need reconsideration. Stemming the growth in the Low-Wage Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and restoring the pre-2020 hiring regulations recognizes recent evidence of adverse effects of this program on wages and local unemployment rates.
The (Immigration) department needs to return to its Comprehensive Ranking System as it did before 2020. The transparency of its points system and a stable minimum eligibility score over time will mean that applicants can see what skills or training they need for entry, thereby advancing the objective of our skilled immigration program.

That suggested policy change doesn't account for international students working illegally.
The 20 hour cap isn't that effective.. if a lot of the students are working for cash under the table. They are putting measure in certain industries that will help with that... but it'll never be stopped completely.
BUT...at the same time the government is trying to reel in the illegal workers, and enforce the current caps on the number of hours they are working.. It's also funding companies that make these violations possible... such as.. spotwork... that openly advertise that they don't deduct taxes nor report incomes to the government... but receive government funding.

 

[jc100]

Trudeau doesn't rhyme with bored.

Trudeau didn’t cap tuition rates in Ontario.

 

[FullMotoJacket]

Trudeau didn’t cap tuition rates in Ontario.

Ford doesn't allow people who claim to have university degrees but manage to fail the same subject at cardboard cutout universities (and can't write 5 word slogans on posters without spelling mistakes) to come into the country and work full time tax free in the under the table cash economy......while pretending to go to school.