What Faculty Need to Know about the Colleges’ Efficiency and Accountability Fund (EAF) Reports
On February 26, 2024, Ontario earmarked $150 million from a post-secondary funding announcement for commissioning third-party reviews of colleges, producing “Efficiency and Accountability Fund” (EAF) reports. These reviews were advertised as assessments of how public colleges could “modernize operations” and achieve financial sustainability. In reality, the EAF reports read less like “efficiency” audits and more like a blueprint for privatization. The reports collectively recommended cutting faculty and support staff, outsourcing public jobs to private contractors, introducing large-scale automation, and, in several cases, merging or consolidating colleges.
Your Divisional Executive has prepared a comprehensive breakdown of what is contained in these reports, and what they indicate for the future of our colleges.
You can read the bulletin here.