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In article <861033h.697390443@aucs>, 861033h@aucs.acadiau.ca 
(Michael S. Hogan) writes:

> I think that in locations like NS where there are a lot of universities,
> they might try switching some of them to "pre-degree" campuses.  That
> is, require a student to do 2 years at a one of these places and then
> admit them into a degree program when they prove that they can work.
> This would save the government money in the long run.


This is the Quebec system.  Students go to CEGEP (college) after 5 years
of high school.  There, they eithey do 3 years of `professional' education
leading them to a technical career, or do a 2 year general program of
french, philosophy and either business classes or science (Calculus from
derivatives to solving differential equations and tensors; physics; chemistry;
biology).

After 2 years of science at a CEGEP you could then go to university in
engineering, physics, computer science, med school...

The great advantage, other than lower costs, is that it gives the student
extra time to decide what program to apply to at university.

The great disadvantage is if you leave the province.  Whereas someone could
apply to, say, physiotherathy in Quebec after CEGEP, Dalhousie (The Lousy?)
university *will* turn that person down because he/she doesn't have the 
required first year courses (freshman year?).  They don't seem to know
about CEGEPs where Quebecers take thoses classes...
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