In a reflection on the recent panel report commissioned by the Government of Alberta, Stephen Murgatroyd (University of Alberta) and David Finch (Mount Royal University) assert that the province is asking the wrong question. Murgatroyd and Finch say that instead of seeking ways to improve the current postsecondary system, AB should instead ask how we can “best develop our province’s human capital to meet the challenges of the future.” The authors propose several solutions to this question, including the expansion of AB’s learning system beyond its 26 institutions to include formal, workplace, community-based, and experiential learning, as well as proposing a system in which student learning is certified by the province instead of individual institutions.
