CANADA: Research focus hits degree education

The quality of undergraduate education is facing challenges under a stronger focus on research at universities, says a recent report by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, reports CBC News.

The report, which came out of a forum on undergraduate education held in the spring, comes at a time when the cost of a university education is higher than ever, up 4.3% in 2010, according to Statistics Canada.

"We all feel and know that the character of the undergraduate experience has deteriorated in our lifetimes," Mount Allison University president Robert Campbell says in the report. AUCC president Paul Davidson told CBC News that a new balance needed to be found.
Full report on the CBC News site