Closer look needed into GPRC transition to university status: Advanced Ed. Minister
A review commissioned by the provincial government has brought the transition of Grande Prairie Regional College to university status into question.
This comes after Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides revealed in an interview with CBC last week that both GPRC and Red Deer College may not transition to university status after all, despite such announcements being made at both institutions in 2018.
In conversation with EverythingGP, Nicolaides says that transition is not off the table though. But as part of the third-party review commissioned by his ministry, they are in the process of re-thinking how post-secondary education is offered in Alberta, a plan which has been dubbed Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs.
“Our post-secondary system doesn’t have a broad strategic plan, and we believe it’s important, especially during these difficult times, to ensure that we are all moving in the same direction and achieving better outcomes for our learners, our taxpayers and for all Albertans.”