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Alternative Pathways to Legitimacy: Promotional Practices in the Ontario For-Profit College Sector
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Pizarro Milian, Roger; Quirke, Linda – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2017
This study empirically examines how for-profit career colleges in Ontario, Canada market themselves to prospective students. It uses a mixed-methods approach to review the content of 489 online promotional profiles representing 375 unique for-profit colleges. It finds that for-profit colleges adopt several distinct marketing strategies, including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Advancement, Public Relations, Outreach Programs
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
Student Mobility between Ontario's Colleges and Universities
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Colleges Ontario, 2009
The movement of students between postsecondary institutions is becoming increasingly common and has created a need for greater emphasis on postsecondary education (PSE) pathways. This report outlines the available data on postsecondary student mobility within Ontario, with a focus on mobility between Ontario's colleges and universities. For…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Programs, Social Sciences, Foreign Countries
Cool Colleges for the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different.
Asher, Donald – 2000
This guide profiles innovative and unusual colleges that might interest the college applicant who is looking for the perfect "fit" and who thinks that "fit" might be met by something different. It also contains information to help the applicant contact other accredited 4-year institutions in the United States and Canada. The…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Colleges, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
A Comparison of the Academic Achievement of Saskatchewan High School Graduates Who Intended To Enter Selected Faculties at the University of Regina, 1982 and 1983.
Hart, E. P.; And Others – 1985
Conducted as part of a larger study, this study attempted to describe and compare academic achievement of students who intended to enter selected faculties (education, engineering, arts and sciences) of the University of Regina (Canada) in the fall of 1982 and 1983 and who graduated from Saskatchewan high schools. This group totaled 3,632 of whom…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Applicants, College Bound Students, College Science
2006 Environmental Scan. ACAATO Archive Document
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Colleges Ontario, 2006
The Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO) is pleased to present this report. The 2006 Environmental Scan provides an aggregate synopsis of the key trends which will impact on Ontario's Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology in the future and will assist colleges in their advocacy and strategic planning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Strategic Planning
2005 Environmental Scan. ACAATO Archive Document
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Colleges Ontario, 2005
The Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO) is pleased to present this report. The 2005 Environmental Scan provides an aggregate synopsis of the key trends which will impact on Ontario's Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology in the future and will assist colleges in their advocacy and strategic planning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Strategic Planning