oncat.caOntario Council on Articulation and Transfer

Overview and Priority Projects Presentation to 2014 NBCAT NBPLAR Symposium

October 2014

Glenn CraneyExecutive Director

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ONCAT’s Strategic Priorities

Students will experience ease of mobility among publicly funded postsecondary institutions. • Students will experience reduced barriers when transferring,

which will help them to graduate.

• There will be increased and improved collaboration among institutions (colleges and universities) regarding transfer opportunities and articulation.

• Stakeholders will have improved awareness and knowledge of transfer opportunities, outcomes and progress.

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Early Successes: Increasing Collaboration

• Annual Student Pathways Conference• 250 + participants• National and International panelists on student mobility

• Ontario’s Credit Transfer Initiatives • Jointly Developed Responses to Ministry priorities:

• Best Practices Committee Degree to Degree Project• Data Collection Accountability Framework

• Professional Development• Workshops in areas of common interest

• Learning Outcomes Ontario Education Number

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Early Successes: Opportunities for Students

• Credit Transfer Innovation Fund• 100+ Projects

• Apprenticeship to Diploma Diploma to Diploma• Diploma to Degree Degree to Diploma

• Student Portal (ONTransfer.ca)• ONTransfer.ca used as a resource to provide accurate information to

students on transfer opportunities• Program Transfer Guide • Course-to-Course Transfer Guide

• Pathway Opportunities• 700+ block pathways posted (100% increase over 2011)• Almost 90,000 course transfer equivalencies• 800,000+ student opportunities• 60% of diploma graduates have a pathway into at least one degree

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Early Successes: Communications

• Communications Strategy• Developed a corporate identity (ONCAT) and emphasized the website by

shifting from ONTransfer to ONTransfer.ca• Developed awareness through regular updates to members – infographic,

enewsletters & Annual Report

• Marketing Strategy• ONTransfer.ca website – on track for 300,000 unique views in 2014• Increased student awareness – student fairs, student viewbooks, transit

campaign, on-campus advertising, twitter• Google ads

• Media Strategy• Earned media / paid media

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Current Priorities

• Completing Projects of High-Priority• Ensuring Best Practices in Credit Transfer• New Pathways – Degree to Degree• Accountability Framework

• Learning Outcomes

• Promoting Student Mobility across Canada• Memorandum of Understanding (BCCAT, ACAT,

ONCAT and NBCAT)

ONCAT is funded by the Government of Ontario

Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer

180 Dundas Street West, Suite 1902 Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8 Tel: (416) 640-6951 Fax: (416) 640-6959www.oncat.ca