Education
Alberta boasts one of the few successful and accredited distance learning universities (Athabasca University) in Canada. Of the schools of higher learning one cannot ignore the two major colleges, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and Southern Alberta Institute of Technology which produce annually thousands of qualified, ready-to-work graduates in disciplines as varied as 'Mechanical Technology' and 'Baking'. Alberta also is home to a number of Universities, including the University of Alberta( Ranked 59th in the world) as well as the University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge and Mount Royal University
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Famous quotes containing the word education:
“... education fails in so far as it does not stir in students a sharp awareness of their obligations to society and furnish at least a few guideposts pointing toward the implementation of these obligations.”
—Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)
“Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.”
—Stephen Vizinczey (b. 1933)
“I would urge that the yeast of education is the idea of excellence, and the idea of excellence comprises as many forms as there are individuals, each of whom develops his own image of excellence. The school must have as one of its principal functions the nurturing of images of excellence.”
—Jerome S. Bruner (20th century)