A Guide to Flexible Pre-Majors
This report serves as a guide for articulation committees and institutions interested in examining the use of a Flexible Pre-Major (FPM) to enhance student transfer and identifies issues and recommendations […]
Customized Lives: Multiple Life Course Activities of the Class of 88 Over 22 Years
This report and summary capture the complex types and nature of various life trajectories of individuals from the class of ’88 over a 22 year period and identifies distinctive patterns […]
Credentialing Practices for Joint Programs
This report identifies protocols and successful practices in place at BC post-secondary institutions for credentialing joint programs on both transcripts and parchments and includes registrarial recommendations for future research, planning […]
Learning Outcomes & Credit Transfer
This report examines the use of learning outcomes as the basis for credit transfer. It reviews the existing literature and practice in BC, Ontario, Europe, the US, and Australia.
Trades to Academic Transfer
This special report explores transferring credit from trades programs into academic post-secondary programs and includes local and international examples.
Transfer Credit Assessment: Institutional Practices
This report reviews institutional policies and practices of transfer credit assessment, and identifies issues and effectiveness of the assessment process.
No Credential? Post-Secondary Participation & Life Activity Patterns of Class of ’88
This report & summary focuses on the Paths on Life’s Way project respondents who began their studies between 1988 & 2010 but did not earn a credential then. The long […]
Mature Students: Admissions Policies in BC
This report reviews of existing research on mature students, focusing on admission policies and barriers at BC post-secondary institutions.
Survey of Movers: Students who Move Between BC Public Post-Secondary Institutions
This report examines survey findings of BC public post-secondary students who changed institutions in 2010-2011, their educational goals and motivations, their satisfaction with the institutions and transfer experience, and how […]
Student Transfer, Success, & Mobility
This report is synthesizes the research facilitated by BCCAT regarding admissions and transfer in the BC public post-secondary system and includes student mobility experiences, graduation outcomes, and post-graduation activities.