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A New College Challenges Canada's Public Model
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Birchard, Karen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article describes a brand-new liberal-arts university which promises a different approach to teaching. Quest University is the first private, nonprofit, secular college in Canada. It has attracted professors with stellar credentials. Of its 79 freshmen, most are graduates of the rigorous International Baccalaureate high-school program, and…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Quality, Public Colleges
Canadian Universities Lag behind U.S. in Financing, Report Says
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Birchard, Karen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article focuses on a report by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada which states that four-year public colleges in the United States have significantly more resources for teaching and research than do their counterparts in Australia, Canada, and Britain. According to the report, "Trends in Higher Education: Volume 3:…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Income, Educational Finance, Teacher Student Ratio