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Download full textPitman, Walter – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1974
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Supply, Higher Education, International Education
Council of Graduate Schools, Washington, DC. – 1998
This collection of conference papers examines some of the broad issues as well as specific institutional approaches to postbaccalaureate certificate programs. The first paper, "A Survey of Graduate Certificate Policies, Procedures, and Programs" (Wayne Patterson), reports on a survey of the members of the Council of Graduate Schools…
Descriptors: Educational Certificates, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study
Watson, Cicely – 1973
In 1967 the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technical Personnel launched a series of case studies concerning problems of innovation in higher education. The present report on the New College systems in Canada reflects the OECD higher education program concerning problems faced by countries in planning and setting up new structures of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedWalker, Kenneth P. – Community College Review, 2001
Makes a case for United States community college baccalaureate degrees by focusing on the Canadian college and university system, which allows its community colleges to grant baccalaureate degrees. Argues that more students will earn bachelors degrees at lower costs to both students and taxpayers without disrupting the community college mission.…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic), Educationally Disadvantaged
Levin, John S. – 2002
This paper focuses on the discussion of community colleges as baccalaureate-degree granting institutions. The discussion is based on research projects undertaken in both the U.S. and Canada that investigate the institutionalization of degree programs at community colleges. Colleges in British Columbia and Alberta are baccalaureate as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Bachelors Degrees, College Programs
Skolnik, Michael L. – 2001
This paper advocates the community college bachelor's degree (BA). The author presents the Canadian system as a possible model for the emerging United States trend toward community college BA programs. He argues that the U.S. binary educational system is vertical, separating institutions according to levels of learning, while the European and…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Bachelors Degrees, College Programs, Community Colleges
Levin, Benjamin – 1991
Very little attention has been given in Canadian education to "second chance" education to enable people to return to school to complete their educations. Education is a responsibility of the provincial governments in Canada; there is no Federal Government or unit specifically dealing with education. Although policy can vary greatly…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSmith, Ann F. V.; Pace, Jacqueline M. – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1987
Describes founding, goals, admissions, and implementation of a five-year Micmac Bachelor of Social Work Program at Dalhousie University. Discusses advantages and problems of a decentralized program sponsored by diverse organizations/agencies. Outlines degree requirements, staff qualifications, student personal/financial needs, and program changes…
Descriptors: Adult Students, American Indian Education, American Indians, Bachelors Degrees
