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Originally Posted by OldDutch
I don't get this. Are you saying MRU does not deserve to be called a university? Why?
Alberta has the lowest access to university education in the country. That is even after MRC became MRU. Provinces like BC have Simon Fraser, Nova Scotia has St. FX, yet MRU somehow does not belong in their class? Because why?
We are not talking about a new, small school operating out of one building. MRU in all senses of the word is a true undergrad university like every other province has in Canada.
So please tell me why MRU does not deserve this title and recognition?
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Along with the title and recognition came a doubling of the time and money to earn a whole host of degrees, without any evidence that employers were looking for graduates with four years of education instead of two. I went to Mount Royal when it was a college, and the two-year programs were intense, focused, and highly-regarded by employers. The four year programs that replaced them are none of those things. Of course Mount Royal likes the university status because it's more prestigious and it means more money in the pocket of administration. But nobody asked potential students, parents, and employers if they wanted it.
University status shouldn't be about deserving recognition. It should be about matching the needs of the economy with the needs of students. Far too many Canadians go to university and spends tens of thousands of dollars when a two-year diploma is perfectly suitable for the fields they plan to enter. In fact, the whole post-secondary model in this country today is a massively inefficient dinosaur with soaring costs that is ripe for disruption.