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The publication archive is where all documents published on the BCCAT site are located. You can use the search panel on the left to search the archive. BCCAT publications published in the last six months are listed below. To view the summary of any document, click on the "Show Summary" link.

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BC Jurisdictional Report for CMEC

Frank Gelin, Executive Director of BCCAT represents the Ministry of Advanced Education on the Council of Ministers Education Canada (CMEC) Transfer Credit Working Group. Each jurisdiction in Canada is requested to file a brief report for CMEC regarding what steps it has taken to implement successfully the Ministerial Statement on Credit Transfer in Canada which was adopted by CMEC in 2002. This report for British Columbia was prepared by BCCAT, and submitted in March 2010.

Transfer Innovations Program Review
  • Produced: by Al Atkinson, March 2010
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Block Transfer Agreement Evaluation Project
  • Produced: by Helena Bastedo, March 2010
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Transfer Innovations Project (TIP) Application Package

BCCAT wishes to encourage the development of flexible and innovative transfer arrangements among BC post-secondary institutions and in doing so, BCCAT aims to minimize inequities and difficulties faced by students and institutions. The Transfer & Articulation Committee (TAC) invites articulation committees, or related discipline-based groups, to submit proposals for Transfer Innovations project funding for projects that have as their central objective, a significant improvement in transfer for students. This package explains the proposal process.

International Education Short-term Programs: Transfer Issues Analysis
  • Produced: by BC Council for International Education and David Glen, Consultant, March 2010
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This project was intended to examine study abroad offerings of BC post-secondary institutions; to propose an improved mechanism for students to register in and receive transfer credit for short-term international field courses; and to develop a province-wide transfer grid for international short-term credit courses. While the final report includes a number of recommendations relating to improving information on international field course offerings, it recommended against creation of a province-wide transfer grid.

Computing Education Flexible Pre-Major Analysis

This report describes the traditional approach to articulation in Computing Education and outlines the rationale for using a learning outcomes approach as a basis for a Flexible Pre-Major. Outcomes for discipline-specific learning in both Computer Science and Information Science/Information Technology are provided. It concludes that a Flexible Pre-Major can be developed to facilitate students transferring institutions into a major at the third year level, recommending one be developed on the basis of learning outcomes and on the concept of a basket of courses rather than the more typical multi-lateral grid of individual course equivalencies.

Council Meeting #93 Minutes, Vancouver (Dec. 9/09)

The approved minutes of meeting #93 of the BC Council on Admissions & Transfer.

An Assessment of BCCAT Research

Research on student profiles, student experiences and outcomes, admissions, credit transfer practices and on student mobility plays an important role in how BCCAT discharges its mandate. Given the importance of such research to its mandate, the Council commissioned this report with the following four objectives: a. To analyze BCCAT research on the success of transfer students and thus the effectiveness of the transfer system. b. To examine the effectiveness of the BCCAT research agenda in providing a multifaceted view of transfer students and the transfer system. c. To assess any important gaps in the research agenda which if filled could lead to a better understanding of the effectiveness of the transfer system. d. To provide comment on the role of BCCAT in a establishing a coherent research agenda and conducting research over time.

Block Transfer: A Private Career College Student's Ladder into the BC Transfer System

BCCAT remains committed to its obligation to facilitate private/public cooperation by providing the policy and process framework Recording Block Transfer Agreements with PCTIA-accredited Institutions: Policy and Process and encouraging institutions to use it. This paper explains BTAs and explores the benefits of using them to highlight their potential as versatile and efficient articulation tools. It also briefly examines the current evidence for student mobility from accredited private career training colleges to public institutions.

Special Report: Flexible Pre-Majors

Historically in BC the emphasis has been on facilitating solutions that recognize the importance of diversity and institutional autonomy in the post-secondary system rather than on standardization. One possible approach to solving this problem for students and institutions is the development of flexible pre-majors. The following two pager describes the Flexible Pre-Major and how it can increase transfer opportunities for students.

Research Results: How Much Academic Instruction Occurs Outside Research Universities in BC?

This newsletter quantifies the proportion of academic instruction that occurs in BC public post-secondary institutions other than research universities, using data from the Central Data Warehouse and BC Transfer Guide database. It also describes in what programs academic instruction is concentrated in these institutions.

Council Meeting #92 Minutes, Prince George, BC (Oct. 2/09)

The approved minutes of meeting #92 of the BC Council on Admissions & Transfer.

Research Results: A Fifteen Year Portrayal of BC Young Adults

This newsletter reports on the Paths on Lifes Way project, a longitudinal study which has followed BC high school graduates from the Class of 1988 to ascertain their transitions through the post-secondary system in BC and beyond and into the workforce. Findings from the 15 year follow-up study are highlighted.

Inter-Provincial Post-Secondary Student Mobility

This report identifies existing administrative and survey data sources and explores their potential to improve our understanding of inter-provincial student mobility from a BC perspective. The report identifies data source limitations and data access restrictions. The study also identifies gaps in existing data sources and makes recommendations for logical next steps in undertaking research in this area.

Psychology Flexible Pre-Major Analysis Final Report

This report describes current transfer patterns in Psychology and impediments to student transfer into third year of a major, recommending that a Flexible Pre-Major be implemented for B.A., but not B.Sc. programs. A preferred Flexible Pre-Major model is described, one that fits well with existing degree requirements and course offerings.

Engage - Fall 2009

This Engage newsletter features articles on student mobility research, supporting the BC Transfer System and inter-provincial initiatives.

Special Report: Credit Transfer: Models and Systems in BC, North America and Beyond

This newsletter explores a variety of credit transfer models implemented in BC, North America, and beyond as different jurisdictions seek to address mobility issues and ease transfer for students.

Council Meeting #91 Minutes, Vancouver (May 28-29/09)

The minutes of the May 2009 meeting of the BC Council on Admissions & Transfer.