Algonquin College to add study breaks, require full-time profs to teach more classes

Algonquin College plans changes to its academic year that would add study breaks in the fall and summer, reduce classroom time and require full-time professors to teach more classes.
The changes come as the college foots the bill for implementing the province’s new equal-pay law.
Many of the courses at Algonquin and other Ontario colleges are taught by part-time instructors, who are paid less than full-time professors. The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act (Bill 148) requires employers to p