Mount A at top of the class

Good grades for Mount A in The Globe and Mail’s 2007 University Report Card

Mount Allison University enjoyed high marks once again in the 2007 Globe and Mail University Report Card. The report was issued October 16, and saw over 43,000 students and 53 schools participate in the national survey.

Mount Allison University President Dr. Robert Campbell says, “The Mount Allison University Experience is second to none and I’m happy with our rankings.

We offer intense and enriching academic programs, delivered by award-winning teaching faculty, a myriad of extracurricular activities, and a wonderful, close-knit residence system, all on one spectacular campus.

Students receive ‘more than a degree’ at Mount Allison and I’m pleased that this is reflected in such surveys as The Globe and Mail’s University Report Card. ”

Dr. Campbell was also interviewed about life on campus in the Report, which hails Mount A as “another standout in the University Report Card Survey.”

Mount Allison, with a total full-time and part-time student population of 2,245, was ranked in the category for universities with enrolment under 4,000 and received many impressive marks.

Mount Allison received the highest possible top rank, across Canada, in:
• Class Size (A+)
• Academic Reputation (A)
• Recreation and Athletics (A-)

The Sackville university also received A’s in Quality of Education, Student-Faculty interaction, and Campus Atmosphere, as well as grades of A- in the Quality of Teaching, Most Satisfied Students, and Extracurricular Activities.

Mount Allison’s facilities also received good grades. Buildings and facilities, student residences, the quality of technology on campus, as well as the Library, got a B+, while student services, course registration, and the popular campus pub received Bs. Mount Allison’s food services ranked highest in its category with a C+.

The 2007 Report also asked over 43,000 undergraduates to describe the kinds of students they share campus with. Mount Allison students were described as: “ambitious,” “environmentally-conscious,” “politically-active,” and “studious” by their peers.

Read more:
Mount Allison's eastern promise
(Globe & Mail)

Mount A at top of the class
(Telegraph Journal)

Check out the full Globe & Mail University Report Card.