Need-To-Know News

Upon the recommendation of the college’s administration, 16 programs that are currently exhibiting sparse interest on the part of prospective students had their first-year intake suspended by the college’s Board of Governors during its June 25th…

The college is achieving most of the targets associated with the new provincial government’s funding formula, according to a report on the Strategic Management Agreement (SMA) that was presented to the Board of Governors during its meeting on June…

The college’s budgetary surplus last year (2023-24) was the largest in the school’s history, but not quite as large as the most recent prediction by Chief Financial Officer Marc Jones. During the discussion of the new year’s (2024-25’s) budget in…

Retiring St. Clair President Patti France is now retiring President Emeritus Patti France. The college's Board of Governors presented her with a scroll bestowing that title upon her during her last meeting as the school's head administrator on May…

Saint varsity athletes had an astounding winning percentage of 78.2 percent in 2023-24, according to the sports recap presented to the college’s Board of Governors during its meeting on March 26. The school’s 16 intercollegiate teams had a…

The pared-down, provincial-government-compiled Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of “college quality” have been released by Colleges Ontario, and were presented to St. Clair’s Board of Governors during its March 26th meeting. Pre-COVID, the annual…

The two-years-long “pause” on international student immigration introduced by the federal government will dramatically reduce St. Clair’s revenue, but the school still anticipates that it will operate profitably in the 2024-25 fiscal year, according…

GRAPHIC ABOVE: A page sample of the Risk Management report, showing the colour-coding and numerical methods of identifying likelihood and impact. The brightest shade of worrisome red, and the highest “number of alarm”, popped up in an obvious spot…

It’s a wonder that St. Clair’s staff and students actually have time left in their lives for education. That would seem to be a fair observation after the college’s Board of Governors reviewed two reports tabled at the February 27th meeting, both…

PICTURE ABOVE: A sample of one of the industrial client R&I projects conducted by the college recently. An increasingly important function of the college – and a “real world” curriculum bonus for students – is the school’s involvement in…