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[Mosley]

Truman never went to university.

Orwell attended Eton, an "elite"(read:toffy snobs) school to be sure, but not a university.

Einstein, yes, went to the school mentioned by a poster above, but it was more of a tech institute rather than a university.

Bill Gates was a college dropout, was he not?

In my books, education should be "free" but not compulsory for ages 6-16. In post-war Canada, at least, the massive gov. subsidization of higher education has benefitted the upper-middle to upper classes rather than hoi polloi.

[morrisonhotel]

Incorrect. Truman did go to university http://www1.law.umkc.edu/career/UMKC%20Inns/truman.htm. We are talking about the former president, yes?

[peppermint]

[Moldy Rutabaga]

Much of the U of A architecture does seem 70s-ish, as there was a large building spree under Lougheed's government. He was a rather middle-of-the-road conservative premier who poured money into the university and was well-liked. Too bad.

I like Edmonton but have mixed feelings about the U of A. I felt really cheated when I did an afterdegree program in Education there and was paying full tuition and an extra fee-- to work for nothing as a teacher in my third practicum while my co-op teacher drank coffee in the staff room and then told me all the things I did wrong. That wasn't entirely the university's fault, but their overall attitude soured me. It is not a friendly university.

Peppermint, you could consider UBC or UT for your program, although both are expensive places to live. At least in Vancouver you would be warm while you starve. Unless there are problems with cross-border certification, if I were in your place I would look at a midwestern university in the states such as in Indiana or Illionois, or if money isn't a big problem an eastern one such as Rutgers, which apparently has good MLIS programs. The US universities generally have better financial support and GAs, excluding a few states such as California which won't fund Canadians.

[Mosley]

Morrison: OK, Truman attended the KC School of Law which, at the time, was not exactly a "university" in the contemporary sense. Regardless, we can agree that Truman never graduated.

Moldy: Sorry to hear about your practicum experience. Sadly, in Canada at least, that kind of experience is not unique to the U of A.

I stand by my quoted statement. The student body at any given Canuck univ. is certainly not comprised, by & large, of the great unwashed. Indeed, well-off minorities get more financial support, directly and indirectly, than white male Anglophones of humble means.

[Draz]

[Draz]

[Mosley]

Not true. Females who enter "non-traditional" fields like engineering have all sorts of openings & scholarships available to them. Males who want to enter nursing? Nada. Moreover, law schools have reserved spaces for women & minorities.

But we're getting off-topic for this thread.

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