Holland College is the provincial community college for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI). It is named after British Army engineer and surveyor Captain Samuel Holland. It was formed by the Government of Prince Edward Island in 1969 as a result of an education reform policy undertaken as part of the Prince Edward Island Comprehensive Development Plan which saw the closure of the province's two post-secondary institutions structured on religious lines, St. Dunstan's University and Prince of Wales College, and the creation of the non-denominational University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) and Holland College.
Holland College operates under the authority of the Holland College Act.
College Facts
- Founded in 1969.
- Approximately 3,300 students attend Holland College programs in Prince Edward Island and China, and an additional 5,200 individuals are enrolled in adult education and continuing education programs.
- Approximately 30 percent of students are from off-Island.
- Centres across Prince Edward Island.
- More than $185,000 available to students in scholarships, bursaries and awards.
- More than 100 articulation agreements with a worldwide network of partner universities.
- More than 65 full-time programs.
- 93% of graduates in the labour market are employed one year after graduation.
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“The tragedy of Northern Ireland is that it is now a society in which the dead console the living.”
—Jack Holland (b. 1947)
“Jerry: She’s one of those third-year girls that gripe my liver.
Milo: Third-year girls?
Jerry: Yeah, you know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year and lap up a little culture. They give me a swift pain.
Milo: Why?
Jerry: They’re officious and dull. They’re always making profound observations they’ve overheard.”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)