The Ontario College Advanced Diploma requires three years of post-secondary education and the attainment of learning outcomes like those of a three-year baccalaureate degree. Except for one other Canadian province, no similar academic credential is awarded by colleges in Canada or the United States. For these reasons it has been viewed by some as an anomalous academic credential. This article relates how Ontario colleges came to offer such a rare credential and how the credential survived for over half a century. Employing the concept of path dependence, the origins of the advanced diploma are traced back to the institutes of technology that were first established in Ontario in the 1940s. The article employs a mix of historical inquiry, doc...
This mixed methods study explored the nature and role of one of the credentials offered by the Colle...
This study examined perceptions of preparedness for post-secondary education in the province of Onta...
Inspired by Ontario’s burgeoning interest in postsecondary student mobility, this article examines h...
The Ontario College Advanced Diploma requires three years of post-secondary education and the attain...
During the last third of the twentieth century, college sectors in many countries took on the role o...
Until recently, the meaning and origin of the Canadian university degree was well understood by Cana...
Prepared for Colleges OntarioThis paper examines the suitability of two of the credential titles awa...
There has been a significant growth in the number and types of degrees offered by a wider variety of...
This paper examines the determinants of postsecondary enrolment rates in Ontario in the context of e...
Ontario Colleges expanded enrolment and reached into populations that traditionally did not attend p...
This qualitative, exploratory study focused on the introduction of the bachelor’s degree credential ...
It is widely believed that high schools across Ontario have inflated grades in an attempt to help st...
When the Government of Ontario passed the Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act 2000, t...
This paper documents the development of a unique institution in Canadian higher education, the unive...
This study examines the influence that field of study and level of post-secondary education have on ...
This mixed methods study explored the nature and role of one of the credentials offered by the Colle...
This study examined perceptions of preparedness for post-secondary education in the province of Onta...
Inspired by Ontario’s burgeoning interest in postsecondary student mobility, this article examines h...
The Ontario College Advanced Diploma requires three years of post-secondary education and the attain...
During the last third of the twentieth century, college sectors in many countries took on the role o...
Until recently, the meaning and origin of the Canadian university degree was well understood by Cana...
Prepared for Colleges OntarioThis paper examines the suitability of two of the credential titles awa...
There has been a significant growth in the number and types of degrees offered by a wider variety of...
This paper examines the determinants of postsecondary enrolment rates in Ontario in the context of e...
Ontario Colleges expanded enrolment and reached into populations that traditionally did not attend p...
This qualitative, exploratory study focused on the introduction of the bachelor’s degree credential ...
It is widely believed that high schools across Ontario have inflated grades in an attempt to help st...
When the Government of Ontario passed the Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act 2000, t...
This paper documents the development of a unique institution in Canadian higher education, the unive...
This study examines the influence that field of study and level of post-secondary education have on ...
This mixed methods study explored the nature and role of one of the credentials offered by the Colle...
This study examined perceptions of preparedness for post-secondary education in the province of Onta...
Inspired by Ontario’s burgeoning interest in postsecondary student mobility, this article examines h...