Thirteen programs at NAIT that were being considered for suspension at the school will remain open.
Cheers rang out as the announcement was made on Friday morning at a meeting of NAIT’s academic council.
Some of the programs have been saved include medical transcription, captioning and court reporting, avionics engineering technology, telecommunications engineering technology, marine service technician, aircraft skin and structure, graphic sign arts, and the cytotechnologist program among others.
The programs were initially up for suspension to save the school money, the school is facing a $12.3 million shortfall. NAIT will now look at other options to make up the $3 million that would have been saved by cutting the programs.
The programs will still be reviewed individually by a separate committee. A final decision will be made by December of 2010.
Prior to the decision, many students and supporters of NAIT’s court reporter and captioner program turned out to protest the suspensions. The students say other than a program at a private school in Ontario, NAIT is the only facility in the country that offers such a program.
The chair of the court reporting program is questioning how the situation was handled, saying a public institution should always be open and transparent.
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