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The name for the new university was a challenge, as it was not desired to associate the new university in a primarily rural province with a city (Edmonton) that already had a university (the U of A). In 1970, Grant MacEwan, then the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, established AU by an Order in Council. ДЄ group of U of A graduates including Preston Manning influenced the development of an independent fourth university. A Department of Education ad hoc group favoured the establishment of a fourth public university. Another early suggestion was an 'Alberta academy' that would take credits students had earned at multiple universities, evaluate them for transfer, and perhaps award degrees. One proposal favoured establishing a Christian university instead of a secular one. The U of A wanted to expand rather than see another university open in Edmonton to compete with it. In 1967, the Manning government announced its intention to establish a fourth public university, but this would be delayed by three years as the government considered different proposals. In the late 1960s, the University of Alberta (U of A) had long been established, the University of Calgary was created through new legislation, and an Order in Council had created the University of Lethbridge. 8 Imagine: Transforming Lives, Transforming CommunitiesДЄthabasca University was created by the Alberta government in 1970 as part of an expansion of higher education to cope with rising enrolment at the time.

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