So it looks like McGill is going to go ahead and try to privatize its MBA program, forgoing all government subsidies and charging the students instead.

The rate increase? From $1700 to about $30000.

That used to be an affordable option for students looking for Canadian programs, but I'm not sure about that anymore.

There are some more developments in the McGill tuition-raising controversy.

The Quebec government is upset about it, apparently - and is threatening to withdraw the tuition subsidies it provides - about $3000 per student.

I think that McGill knows what it's doing - in that $3,000 per student doesn't go very far compared to the $30,000 it plans to charge if the privatization goes through. I doubt that the Quebec government will be able to do anything about it.

But, it's too bad that MBA programs have turned into tuition arms races - in that comparable programs in Canada cost much more than the once-affordable McGill program did.

People got to get paid, I guess.