mobility in ontario’s pse: current trends

URSULA MCCLOY, PHDSTUDENT PATHWAYS IN HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE JANUARY 26-27, 2012

MOBILITY IN ONTARIO’S PSE: CURRENT TRENDS

Informing the Future of Higher Education

HEQCO'S LEGISLATION: TRANSFER AND MOBILITY "Functions Section 6(c) to conduct research on all aspects of

post-secondary education with a view to helping the Council achieve its object, including research,

(i) on the development and design of various models of post-secondary education,

(ii) on the means of encouraging collaboration between various post-secondary educational institutions in general and in particular in matters relating to the recognition of such institutions of courses and programs of study provided at other such institutions",

PRESENTATION OUTLINEFocus on college to university pathway in Ontario:•Recent mobility trends in Ontario– How many? Share/number of students transferring– Who are they? Program areas, region, demographics

•Student perceptions and experience of recent transfer students– Reasons for transfer– Timing of decision– Information sources– Satisfaction

4Informing the Future of Higher Education

CURRENT TRENDS IN TRANSFER

PREVIOUS EDUCATION OF ONTARIO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (NSSE)


Source: Carleton NSSE Frequency tables http://oirp.carleton.ca/surveys/html/surveys.htm

COLLEGE GRADUATES ENROLLED IN DEGREE PROGRAMS: TRENDS


Source: Ontario Graduate Satisfaction Survey

WHO TRANSFERS AND WHERE?

CHARACTERISTICS



HOW DOES TRANSFER RELATE TO ACCESS?• Higher proportion of Aboriginal students, students with

disabilities, low income, first generation students, students from smaller communities in Ontario colleges.

• These groups are not actually “underrepresented” in colleges relative to the Ontario population; but are in university.

• Would enhancing transfer increase access to university for these groups?– BC and American data indicate that these groups are in a higher

proportion among transfer students.– Additionally, in Ontario’s destination based curriculum, course

decisions as early as grade 9 can determine university access (need alternate pathway).

TRANSFER STUDENTS MORE LIKELY TO BE FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS

MAP OF ONTARIO COLLEGES BY REGION


% OF GRADUATES WHO GO ON TO UNIVERSITY DEGREES: BY COLLEGE REGION



GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY: COLLEGE GRADUATES WHO TRANSFER REMAIN CLOSE TO HOME



DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSFERS RELATIVE TO UNIVERSITY ENROLMENT


% OF GRADUATES WHO TRANSFER TO UNIVERSITY DEGREES: BY COLLEGE PROGRAM TYPE



COLLEGE TRANSFERS MORE LIKELY TO ENTER SOCIAL SCIENCES AND BUSINESS


Source: Ontario Graduate Satisfaction Survey; MTCU USER enrolment data

STUDENT PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCE


REASONS FOR CONTINUING:% MAJOR REASON



DECISION TO TRANSFER OFTEN OCCURS AFTER ENTERING PROGRAM



WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED WITHOUT ATTENDING COLLEGE FIRST: SAMPLE PROGRAMS



INFORMATION SOURCES FOR GRADUATES WHO TRANSFER (2009-10)



SATISFACTION OF GRADUATES WHO TRANSFER



SATISFACTION WITH ACADEMIC PREPARATION DIFFERS BY PROGRAM



WHAT DON’T WE KNOW?• Unsuccessful transfers (those who attempted • Students who transfer before completing

college, and graduates who transfer after 6 months

• # Credits transferred related to program affinity• Performance of students after transfer-need

appropriate control group to evaluate• Is transfer an effective way to increase degree

attainment for underrepresented groups?


NEXT STEPS• Continue to track transfer trends using available datasets• Incorporate OEN for tracking between institutions• Potential to mine NSSE data to measure engagement for

transfer students (can also look at immigrant, Aboriginal status, first generation)

• Track student performance through both sending and receiving institutions in articulated and non-articulated programs; controlling for previous academic (HS, previous PSE) socioeconomic, and demographic characteristics

• Work with other provinces for data on Ontario transfer students

• Look at transfer through learning outcomes perspective

Thank you!Thank you!Ursula McCloy, [email protected]

www.heqco.ca


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