This reminds me of my alma mater. The provincial government previously had funded $X/student. Then they changed it to a fixed grant. Meanwhile, enrollment conti

This reminds me of my alma mater. The provincial government previously had funded $X/student. Then they changed it to a fixed grant. Meanwhile, enrollment continued to expand; the institution saw the expansion as serving the public. Soon enough, the government cut back the university's funding, which cut the operating budget. Eventually the Faculty of Science was looking at a $10 million shortfall; the equivalent of an entire department's budget. So they cut back on student spaces to the old $X/student allocation. One would hope that the public would notice and speak up in response, asking their politicians to properly fund education.