Since their creation, community colleges have had a mandate to be responsive to their communities, often through relationships with local business. As globalization and technological advancements increase pressure on small businesses (SMEs), the role of colleges in helping these SMEs to innovate in order to survive becomes clearer. Relationships…

The WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) has long been interested in multi-institutional consortia and systems that help their member institutions share resources with the goal of increasing the institutional capacity for technology-enhanced courses, programs, and student support services. WCET's Consortia Group has focused on the…

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…

This paper reports and discusses the results of a study that was undertaken to determine factors that influence choices that secondary school students make between enrolling in community college or university, and in particular whether or not those choices are affected by the degree of "articulation" within a public system of…

In this report of the Task Force on the Community College in British Columbia, recommendations for college development in British Columbia are made. The sections of the reoport are as follows: Recommendation Highlights; Task Force (Terms of Reference, Membership, Glossary, and the Public Process); 1. Previous Development; 2. Nature and Functions…

This paper examines the ways in which colleagues who have traditionally not worked together, or even met each other, can share experience-based knowledge. It discusses electronic information networks in Canadian colleges, and examines how these networks do and do not develop into communities of learning or communities of practice through sharing…

Traditional assumptions about the educational goals and future plans of students who transfer from community colleges to universities are explored. The roles of the academic programs of community colleges in British Columbia and empirical data on transfer rates and enrollment in transfer programs are described. (SW)

This document addresses a study that aimed to better understand the historical development of British Columbia community college, university college, and institute system with special attention given to recent changes in inter-institutional collaboration in relation to provincial coordination. The study also addresses centralization and…

Describes possible implementation efforts in international education by community colleges, emphasizing faculty and student exchanges between Canadian community colleges and the AACJC International/Intercultural Consortium and citing Brevard Community College (Florida) and Malaspina College (British Columbia) as an example of such an exchange…

Population, economic, and technological changes will all affect the ways in which Canadian community colleges operate. The rise in the number of seniors, a slowing birth rate, and the aging of the "baby boomers" have influenced the demographics of college clientele. The dynamics of the global marketplace require a highly educated and…

This report provides an account of the transfer and articulation process within British Columbia's postsecondary education system, from 1963 to the present. It focuses on five factors in policy development: (1) a critical decision was the creation of a system of colleges and universities that would cooperate to ensure that students who met stated…

This document is a guide for teachers, career counselors, community practitioners, and students to navigate the British Columbia (BC) Transfer TIPS (transfer information for post-secondary success), a handbook for students intending to transfer among institutions listed in the BC Transfer TIPS. Specifically, the BC Transfer TIPS is intended…

This annual report documents the activities of the British Columbia (BC) Council on Admissions and Transfer. Highlights include: (1) the BC Transfer Guide lists equivalencies for first- and second-year courses taken at 23 "sending" institutions, transferring to 12 "receiving" institutions--as of March 2001, a total of 7,235…

A Quad Cities Centre has been proposed for regional adult education in the area of Galt, Guelph, Kitchener, and Waterloo in southwestern Ontario. Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology, the Universities of Guelph and Waterloo, and Waterloo Lutheran University would begin by appointing a steering committee for proposing an executive…

In fall 1996, the British Columbia Ministry of Education, Skills and Training released a strategic plan calling for the development of block transfer agreements between institutions to eliminate the time-consuming process of course-by-course credit assessment. Currently, institutions conduct independent evaluations of elements of an incoming…