Nova Scotia Universities Offer Low-Cost College Options
by Marilyn G.S. Emerson, IECA (New York)
I just returned from a tour of ten Nova Scotia universities organized for college counselors by EduNova. I highly recommend this tour to my colleagues.
Twenty one counselors, both educational consultants and high school guidance counselors, from the USA and abroad participated. Five (one quarter) of the twenty-one attendees are IECA members: Valerie Broughton. Susan Edwards, Ann Montgomery, Laurie Nash and me.
We learned that Nova Scotia schools can present an attractive, cost-effective alternative, providing students with a university education for less than $25,000 a year, inclusive of tuition, room and board and other fees. Aid is available to both international and domestic students to offset some of this cost.
Here are some tidbits from the tour:
Acadia University – offers an accelerated three-year business program and has a program to keep parents involved.
Cape Breton University – offers experiential learning and also has a campus in Cairo.
Dalhousie University – offers the opportunity to combine areas of study in novel ways that make sense to the student and has had 86 Rhodes Scholars.
University of King’s College –offers a great books foundation year and is the oldest English speaking college in Canada.
Mount Saint Vincent University – offers a major in public relations and has a University Bridge Program for students who need to strengthen their English.
Nova Scotia Agricultural College – offers a program in environmental horticulture and has a 13 million dollar poultry research facility.
Nova Scotia College of Art (NSCAD) – offers a minor in fashion and has a gallery for student work.
Saint Mary’s University – offers an AACSB accredited business school and their students come from 90 different countries.
St. Francis Xavier University – offers an aquatic resource program and houses the Coady Leadership Development Institute.
Universite Sainte Anne –offers students the opportunity to learn in French and has a summer immersion program.
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Thanks to all the IECA counselors who participated and helped make the 2009 tour so enjoyable. Please continue to spread the word about the Maritime hoospitality and we hope to have many more IECA members make the trek to Nova Scotia in coming years. We are planning our next tour from July 19 -26 next summer as well as potnetially a condensed tour around the IECA Conference in Toronto in May.