February 9, 2007

Canadian Universities Go West to Fill Eastern Classrooms

By KAREN BIRCHARD

The booming, oil-rich economy of Alberta, Canada, has left universities on the eastern side of the country scrambling for students, as families and recent high-school graduates move westward to seek their fortunes. So recruiters have decided to go where the action is, offering special inducements to migrant easterners to come back home to study.

"The Alberta economy has been an economic magnet, not only attracting young people but also the parents of high-school students, so all the

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