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The following list of items identifies some of the approaches to educational administration which enable an institution of higher education to reduce its costs of operation while maintaining educational quality… During meetings with Mr. Bruce MacDonald from Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, he agreed that in 2007/2008 the cost to deliver one year of academic education at an Alberta university was approximately $24,000 per full-time student. While students paid a smaller portion of this amount via their tuition and fees (about 25%), most of this cost was paid via gifts, donations, and the bulk of it came from the Department of Advanced Education. Our province’s health care budget has ballooned in recent years to become by far the largest budget in our government. As baby boomers age it will continue to grow at an accelerated rate. GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES IN SELECTING ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK WITH To support the needs of adults who are developmentally disabled, the government of Alberta has set up the Persons with Developmental Disabilities division within the Department of Seniors and Community Supports… |