Loyalist College begins two-year process of cutting faculty

Loyalist College’s cuts to faculty have begun, with 15 new faculty losing their jobs this month, The Intelligencer has learned. College administrators announced earlier this year their plan to place 30 per cent of post-secondary programs on indefinite suspension and cut staff by at least 20 per cent. Other post-secondary schools are making similar cuts in response to a federal cap on visas for international students. Loyalist president Mark Kirkpatrick has also blamed what he calls years