Tagged: education

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MRU launches new degree program

By Bryan Weismiller Mount Royal University announced earlier today that the institution will be offering a bachelor of education, elementary degree, starting in fall 2011. A large crowd packed a conference room in the...

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A+ coming too easy for MRU

When we’ve shut our mouths long enough to stop complaining about parking, and we’ve stepped out of the glow of our deservedly fancy centennial celebrations, we’re going to realize there’s something else that’s really...

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Students forced to trade freedom of thought

by Lorenzo Petrin Guest Columnist Democracies are designed to allow for a multiplicity of interests. Typically these “interests” organize into groups to fully leverage and advocate their political power. As political parties need votes...

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Students could lose thousands

by Miriam Ostermann A controversial document, submitted to the provincial government by the Council of Alberta University Students, has left Alberta universities divided on an issue to eliminate the provincial tuition and education tax...

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Budget cuts mean fewer first-year classes

by Miriam Ostermann Post-secondary institutions across the province had to bite the bullet when the Alberta government, faced with a $4.7-billion deficit, announced a freeze on funding. For Mount Royal University, the freeze came...

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Lack of phys. ed plagues Alberta kids

by Blaine Meller Sport is a powerful thing. It creates passion, anger, ecstasy and even hate. It brings us moments we will never forget and allows our imagination to transport us into situations of...

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MRU president resigns

by Kelsey Hipkin He’s been both a dean and a professor of education, a director of the government, a high school teacher, an educa- tional consultant and, for the last eight years, Dave Marshall...

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Marshall resigns as president

By Kelsey Hipkin Education is in Dave Marshall’s blood. He’s been a dean of education, a professor of education, a director of the Government, a high school teacher, an educational consultant and, for the...

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Classrooms gone virtual

By Katie Turner The daunting task of waking up for an 8 a.m. class may be enough to drive any student to online classes but the computer classroom presents its own unique challenges. For...