Manitoba looks to Tennessee model in efforts to tailor post-secondary education to labour market

By: Ian Froese / CBC News Posted: 9:00 AM CDT Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020

Premier Brian Pallister is looking at the example of an American state that pioneered performance-based funding for post-secondary institutions, as Manitoba seeks a new way to finance higher education.

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The premier met with the University of Manitoba’s new president, Michael Benarroch, in September. The premier expressed interest in following the lead of Tennessee, says Benarroch, but perhaps not that of other Canadian provinces that have explored performance-based funding, like Alberta and Ontario.

“Interestingly, the premier said in our conversation that he didn’t want to make the mistake that some of the other provinces have made — he didn’t want this to be a hammer,” Benarroch told a U of M senate meeting on Oct. 7.

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The new president of the University of Manitoba says performance-based funding models for post-secondary education can, if properly implemented, 'improve outcomes over time.' — Bryce Hoye / CBC The new president of the University of Manitoba says performance-based funding models for post-secondary education can, if properly implemented, 'improve outcomes over time.'

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