Course Syllabi Distribution: Policies and Practices
Students’ access to course syllabi can facilitate student retention and success, not just within a course but also at the institutional level. The post-secondary landscape, institutional policies, administrative practices, and student registration […]
Articulation Committees in the BC Transfer System
Discipline-based articulation committees have been part of the British Columbia post-secondary educational landscape since the late 1960s. The BC Transfer System, which now includes 60+ of these committees, has been […]
Simultaneous Enrolment & Letters of Permission in the BC Transfer System
Simultaneous enrolment – when a student is enrolled in more than one post-secondary institution at the same time – represents between one and two percent of annual enrolment in BC’s […]
English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Learning Outcomes and Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLBs) 2024 ALIGNMENTS
This document outlines the 2024 alignments for English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Learning Outcomes and Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLBs), as approved by the English as an Additional Language (EAL) articulation […]
BC Transfer Students: Profile and Performance Report (2018/19-2022/23)
This report highlights the pathways and performance of students who transferred credits from BC Transfer System institutions to Capilano University, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Royal Roads University, Simon Fraser University, Thompson […]
Upgrading Programs
Student Transitions from Adult Basic Education Upgrading Programs into Further Studies at BC Post-Secondary Institutions Adult Basic Education (ABE) academic upgrading courses and programs are an important part of the […]
Summer Melt
The term “summer melt” denotes a phenomenon when post-secondary students who received an offer of admission and may have paid a deposit when accepting the offer, “fail to enroll at […]
Direct Admissions: Increasing Access to Post-Secondary Education through Proactive Admissions
Direct Admissions is a system developed and piloted recently in the US that defaults graduating high school students into post-secondary admittance by data-matching their profiles (transcripts, standardized test scores, and […]
Professional Regulation and Transfer: Exploring the Impact of Professional Regulation on Transfer Activity in the BC Transfer System
This report examines the types of professional regulation in BC that interact with institutions and programs in the BC Transfer System, and assesses the extent to which professional regulation affects […]
Course Outlines in the BC Transfer System: Designing Content and Format to Facilitate Course Transferability
The purpose of this report is to examine and compare course outlines at BC Transfer System member institutions, and to provide recommendations for course outline content and format to facilitate […]