Christine Arnold Ph.D. Candidate University of Toronto/OISEThe Student Mobility Challenge

Transforming a Loosely Coupled SystemVision 2000Pitman Report: Task Force on Advanced TrainingThe Port Hope AccordPostsecondary Education Choice and Excellence ActThe Rae ReviewCollege-University Consortium Council (CUCC)Steering Committee on Credit TransferHonourable John Miloy -73.7 M / 5 yearsONCATPortal

Spend afternoon investigating transfer policies at each institutionLimited General Arts and Science college to university course equivalencies Unable to plan credit-by- credit transfer accurately Difficulty locating transfer advisor/staffAsked to submit course outlines for credit assessmentsInvestigate increased multilateral articulation agreementsView terms for agreement renewals and cancellations View new transfer student orientationsInvestigate the OPTG compare function Save search results in OPTG to review tomorrow

Why Student Mobility?

Do our Options Change our Need for a Transfer System?

Ontario Online Institute40% of Albertas online Athabasca University students come from OntarioCredit transfer is about more than online learning and is already being addressed through a more substantial system response

Campus 2020: Thinking Ahead-Teaching Intensive Universities

Cohort of 23,506 students, 19 institutions, fall 2003, eligible to transfer to a research intensive university in 2004/05Student Transition Project data-2009/10 academic year

Teaching Intensive Universities

Fall of 2004, 7,408 (31.5%) of the ETRs enrolled at a teaching intensive university931 (12.6%) of these students subsequently transferred to a research intensive university4,338 (18.5%) earned Bachelors degree or higher1,233 (5.2%) earned diploma or certificate

Campus merger with the University of Alberta on July 1, 2004, Augustana University College became Augustana Faculty

A liberal arts and sciences education helps form the whole person, leadership is strongest when in service to others, and cooperation is critical to successCollege First- and Second-year University Level Arts & Sciences

BiologyAugustanaBIO 216AthabascaBIOL 3xx University of LethbridgeBIOL2xx Concordia University CollegeBES 225 University of CalgaryZOOL 377 University of Alberta ZOOL 225

Satellite Campuses: College- University Combinations

Questions for Consideration

Thank-you

Christine Helen ArnoldPh.D. Candidate, Higher EducationOISE/University of Torontoc.arnold@utoronto.ca

*importance of improving transfer arrangements in Ontario***