This paper reports on the results of an analysis of program articulation between the college and university sectors in Canada. The Canadian post-secondary system is best described as a binary system with discrete university and non-university sectors. While there are complex sectoral differences between the two institutional types in terms of…

Immigrants will represent nearly 100 percent of net labour market growth in Canada by the year 2011. More than ever, employers recognize the need to effectively integrate immigrants into the workplace and they seek solutions to leverage the talents and contributions immigrants bring to the Canadian economy. From January to March 2009, Colleges…

In November of 2007, Alberta Advanced Education and Technology contracted Insightrix Research, Inc. to conduct a survey of individuals who graduated from post-secondary institutions in Alberta in the fall of 2005 or the spring of 2006 (excluding apprenticeship graduates, who are surveyed through a separate initiative). The purpose of the survey is…

Prepared for the National Dissemination Project to suggest ways in which community colleges might better serve the needs of minority and disadvantaged students, this report addresses itself to the problem of community college articulation. Three problem areas of the articulation activities are: the student himself, curriculum and instruction, and…

A voluntary, one-way transfer program of 59 white students from one elementary school to another for the purpose of developing an integrated education program is described. Ways of measuring the effects of the program include interviews with the mothers both parents, and with the teachers at both schools, and questionnaires administered to…

The achievements of junior college transfer students, four year college transfer students and native juniors as measured by the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) are compared in this study. The data indicated that junior college transfers rank lower than four-year college transfers and natives in academic ability and socioeconomic status.…

The second in a series of institutional research reports that demonstrate the role the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) plays in supporting the educational needs of the community, this report highlights some of the opportunities and benefits that students accrue from their enrollment at the College. CCP provides the community with…

A small number of studies conducted during the 1980's provide insights into the magnitude of transfer activity and the characteristics of students who are likely to transfer. The studies, based occasionally on state data and more frequently on secondary analyses of the U.S. Department of Education's longitudinal databases, reveal that: (1)…

A program review of Illinois' public junior college system was conducted. Two thousand students, teachers and administrators on 19 campuses were surveyed. Findings in these areas are discussed: (1) the baccalaureate-transfer mission--Junior colleges are not sufficiently screening applicants for such programs. (2) occupational education…