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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
option
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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)