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Article: Diversity on the prairie: a college cultural mosaic: Lethbridge College in Alberta, Canada, attracts a diverse student body despite its location.(community college forum)
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- Diverse Issues in Higher Education
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- July 9, 2009
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Lethbridge is a small city of approximately 83,000 people located in Alberta, Canada, an hour's drive north of the Montana border. The landscape in this region is striking--a combination of fiat prairie grasses shouldered by "coulees," a magnificent collection of hills and ravines that are not only beautiful, but useful. Those who love the outdoors spend time hiking and enjoying the abundant wildlife and the amazing scenery. And, of course, the Canadian Rockies are only a short drive away.
Lethbridge is home to Lethbridge College, an institution that has been resident in the city for more than 50 years. Lethbridge was the first publicly funded college in Canada, ...