Kevin Milligan

How public education transforms opportunity: Evidence from the 1870 Education Act The 1870 Education Act demonstrates how targeted public investment in education can help narrow the gap in opportunity between rich and poor children.

A @voxdev.bsky.social column on the impact of public education through the lens of economic history, by my (former) student Ben Milner @benjaminlm.bsky.social.

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Our @ubcvse.bsky.social application deadline is coming up soon for next year's MA and PhD entrance cohorts. Full details in the QT below!

I'm gonna interpet that as a compliment....hahaha:)

" but the goal would have to be to provide investors with a way out, not a bailout."

I wonder what the difference is?

Opinion: Now that condo prices are down, Ottawa should buy them in bulk The measure would have to be communicated as a one-off; the government wouldn’t want to encourage new condo developments

Saw this headline and wondered what real-estate industry booster was advocating the gifting of implicit put options to condo bag-holders.

Was more than a bit surprised to see it was from the CCPA?!?

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Lol

Today I learned that Yukon is in Mountain Time Zone.

But, if I have this right, they don't do daylight savings time so for 8 months a year they are effectively aligned with PDT in (most of) BC.

Do I have that right?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukon_T...

Real 'Willie Wonka Experience in Glasgow' vibe

Granville Bridge renovations.....promise and delivery. Curious how many staff hours went into design of this.

That's a great move by UofT. Would sure be great to see other uni's doing things like that.....

U of T hires three top U.S. scholars, announces $24-million recruitment plan University plans to bring on 100 postdoctoral fellows across a range of disciplines over two years

Congrats to UofT Econ!

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...

Budget 2025 Homepage — Part of Budget 2025.

Canada's 2025 Federal Budget is now out. All documents are available here: budget.canada.ca/2025/home-a... #cdnecon #cdnpoli

This government's signal legacy in higher education is going to be "we torched whatever we could right across the country because we couldn't figure out how to control the southern Ontario housing market".

Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.

Ok, here is a real data source:
www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...

Looks like 2025 is running ~50% below 2024. (Caveat--some of Aug's usual permits may have been delayed until Sept 2025)

But this means the new 2026 155K target may not be much different than where we were headed anyway.

Worse news: they are *again* telling the world not to come so applications may tumble further and we won't even make the target.

We provide excellent education to both domestic and int'l students here. We're getting punched in the balls to solve problems at Conestoga college or some damned place.

But, the headlines are trumpeting "big new cuts to foreign students".

In 2024, the prov of BC allocated UBC enough quota to keep int'l student enrollment constant. And yet applications plunged.

Why? Big negative "don't come to Canada" headlines. We had quota.

We're doing that again? Not good.

Canada: Study permit numbers are in steep decline in 2025 In 2024, the first year under Canada's current cap on new international student enrolments, the total number of new study permits issued was 267,890 – a roughly -48% reduction from 2023 levels and

Ok, so this article (h/t ) @amyjoanneryder.bsky.social gives some solace:

It says 2024 permits were 267,890, and that in 2025 so far things look to be substantially down from 2024.

If that's all true, then we will already be close to 2026's 155K target.

monitor.icef.com/2025/09/cana...

That article is great. Thanks. But the 143K is study permit *applications* not *approvals*. Lower down it says approval rates are only 30%....

Thanks. I saw that. But Alex's numbers look like they might be TFW+international students? My bottom line depends on the latter not the former so that's what I want to understand.

(No broad budget commentary from me right now. I'm responsible for the VSE budget so my concerns are more about my own potential deficit than the federal deficit right now...and that depends largely on this international student thing.)

Like, if 2025 target was 305,900 and actual was already short of that, moving the 2026 target downward to 155K won't be as painful.

But if 2025 actual is like 300K then a 155K 2026 target is super painful.

Anyone know what's up here?

Ottawa’s immigration plan halves international student intake Ottawa says the cut aims to ease housing and health care system pressures

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

"It has slashed its previous target of admitting 305,900 foreign students each year from 2025 to 2027, and now it plans to reduce numbers to 155,000 in 2026, and to drop them further to 150,000 in each of 2027 and 2028."

What is the *actual* for 2025?

Just finished academic/admin day and looking at budget headlines.

Can anyone help me parse the international student stuff? The headlines (cuts of 60% plus) look like it would be further carnage for the higher ed sector.

But, maybe the *target* is being cut but the *actuals* are already there?

Budget day chez moi: I have academic and administrative matters keeping me busy all day Tuesday and Wednesday. So, I'm not available for budget interviews or hot takes.

I might post here a bit on Tuesday night and I will take a deeper look by Thursday.

But I will look for #budgetsnax posts!

Confirmed!

Budget day chez moi: I have academic and administrative matters keeping me busy all day Tuesday and Wednesday. So, I'm not available for budget interviews or hot takes.

I might post here a bit on Tuesday night and I will take a deeper look by Thursday.

But I will look for #budgetsnax posts!

Vlad first over the boards. Gotta love it. Give him the "C" on his uni already...

He'll be in to pinch-hit for a lefty (e.g. Lukes) when a LHP takes the mound....

That lineup is as good as it is gonna get.

If it were up to me Bam Bam is 5th and Varsh is 7th, but that's just a little quibble.

Bo on wobbly knees at 2b is a bit nerve-wracking and I wonder how George will handle a hard swing, but otherwise LFG!

YouTube video by MLB 92 WS, GM 3, ATL@TOR: Devon White makes a great catch

All three throws on the 1992 WS double (triple) play were super crisp on target and hard. Devo-Alomar, Alomar-Olerud, Olerud-Gruber.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYA6...