Ontario reduces number of spaces in professional programs

Just a very brief post about a couple interesting sets of statistics that I came across this morning that point to a reduction of the number of spots in some professional programs at Ontario universities. 

The first set of statistics relate to law school applications in Ontario from 1997 to 2011. While most of the law schools in Ontario kept the number of students relatively flat, the University of Ottawa more than doubled the number of students while the University of Windsor increased the number by fifty percent. 

The second set of statistics  relate to the number of confirmed acceptances for teacher's college spots for Fall 2012 (here's the date broken down by university and program). There's a drop of six-hundred students that can be linked to pressure from the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities on institutions to reduce the number of graduates in the face of a slack labour market. 

The question that I will leave you with is whether the Government of Ontario is properly overseeing the post-secondary education sector. Given the seeming inability of the government to match the labour market demand with the number of professional program graduates some serious issues about oversight remain ongoing going forward. Previously I've written about some issues related to oversupply of graduates in Ontario, see: here, here, here, and here. If any recent graduates of professional programs want to share their labour market woes (or successes) with me, get in touch here.