August 17, 2009

Canada's Elite Universities Propose a National Strategy for Higher Education

Canada's Elite Universities Propose a National Strategy for Higher Education 1

Michael Holly

With money from the provincial government, a medical building goes up at the U. of Alberta, one of five large research institutions seeking a controversial national restructuring of higher education in Canada.

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Michael Holly

With money from the provincial government, a medical building goes up at the U. of Alberta, one of five large research institutions seeking a controversial national restructuring of higher education in Canada.

By Karen Birchard

Prince Edward Island, Canada

Canadians have long held an egalitarian view toward their universities, generally agreeing that none should be treated as more special than any other.

But now the presidents of five of the country's largest research institutions—the Universities of Alberta, British Columbia, Montreal, and Toronto, and McGill University—are banding together to suggest that perhaps some Canadian universities should be, to use a famous phrase, more equal than others.

Canada needs not

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