How do we retain talent in KW?

[tomh009]

70% leaving the country is significant, and some of those folks are definitely Canadians, but without knowing the intake values, the outflow ones are not as meaningful as they may seem. It would also be worth comparing the numbers at Laurier (especially for Business programs) and Conestoga. I'd suspect Laurier also sees a lot of folks leave the area, but Conestoga grads seem more likely to stay local.

Note that the two-thirds figure quoted (from a survey or from comprehensive poll of all grads?) is only for the software engineering program grads, fewer than 150 students per year. Very difficult program to get accepted into, so the grads tend to be at the top of many US companies' lists for recruiting. (Mechatronics may be a similar situation.)

Larger programs like computer science, with 800+ students, will likely have significantly larger numbers staying in Canada.