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Enhancing Ontario's Post-Secondary System with Expanded Credential Options

This article discusses the context and priorities for strengthening Ontario's post-secondary education (PSE) system. It highlights the need for expanded credential options to meet the changing demands of the labor market and demographics. The focus is on enhancing polytechnic education, open university/college models, and innovative degree programs. By improving credit transfers and fostering collaborations between colleges and universities, the goal is to provide more flexible and relevant educational pathways for students.

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Enhancing Ontario's Post-Secondary System with Expanded Credential Options

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  1. Expanded Credential OptionsStrengthening Ontario’s PSE System GEORGE FALLIS UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR YORK UNIVERSITY

  2. OUTLINE • Context • Priorities • Expanded credential options

  3. CONTEXT • Excellent PSE system • -universities, colleges, apprenticeships • Massive expansion: 1997-2012 • -first-level places • -graduate education • -research funding • -annual expenditure growth about 8% • PSE participation: 81.9% by age 21 • Target PSE attainment: 70% for adult population • Accessibility: a place for every qualified student • The demand side of the labour market • Major expansion over last decade • University undergraduate FTE rose 50% • College FTE rose 23%

  4. CONTEXT • 70% of future jobs will require PSE qualification • 18-21 year-old group to decline 8.6% by 2012 • Expenditure restraint until 2017-18 • Annual PSE expenditure increase of 1.5% • At the margin: disengaged undergraduate students • At the margin: uncertain labourmarket outcomes

  5. PRIORITIES • Balance: access/opportunity and labour demand • Expenditure restraint yet protect the classroom • Expanded credential options • Do not expand the system • Do not create new universities or colleges • Undertake a demand analysis/forecast

  6. EXPANDED CREDENTIAL OPTIONS • Polytechnic education • -employment or career focused • -a blend of theoretical and applied knowledge • -high level of study (degree-level) • -situated within core arts and sciences • Improved college/university credit transfer • Improved university/college collaborations

  7. EXPANDED CREDENTIAL OPTIONS • Open university/college • -mixed mode, technology-enhanced teaching • -not defined by delivery method • -student-focused flexibility • -open admissions • -blend of career-focused education and liberal arts • and sciences

  8. EXPANDED CREDENTIAL OPTIONS • Three-year degrees • Liberal education programs • Honours programs • -high-engagement, high-ability students

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