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Higher Education Policy and Legitimacy Building: The Making of a New Academic Credential in Ontario
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Hurley, Peter; Sa, Creso M. – Higher Education Quarterly, 2013
Canada's province of Ontario introduced a new policy in 2000 allowing community colleges to offer a new type of undergraduate degree. This decision was a significant policy change for the government considering the nature of Ontario's binary system, where a rigid separation has historically prevailed between the university and college sectors.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Community Colleges
Articulation, Transfer, and Student Choice in a Binary Post-Secondary System
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Lang, Daniel W. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
This paper investigates the intersection of system articulation, transfer, and the choices that secondary school students make when they apply to college and university. The investigation is based on the results of a study that was undertaken to determine factors that influence choices that secondary school students make between enrolling in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Community Colleges, College Choice, Institutional Cooperation
Multiple Pathways to College: A Secondary Analysis of the 2004 College Applicant Survey. ACAATO Document
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Colleges Ontario, 2005
The 2004 College Applicant Survey (CAS) describes the college-bound applicant pool by covering a broad range of areas including key demographics, factors influencing college selection, academic background and financial preparedness. It is the most comprehensive and the richest source of survey data to date on applicants to the Ontario Colleges of…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Profiles, Surveys, Individual Characteristics