Key Issues in
Ontario Higher Education:
A Policy Research Symposium    

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                               Thursday, May 16, 2013                    9:30 am - 3:30 pm

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                        Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
                                    Main Floor Library,  252 Bloor Street West, Toronto

On Thursday, May 16 the Higher Education Group at OISE will be joining with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU), as well as the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) to host a free, one-day symposium.  The event will address key policy research issues facing Ontario's post-secondary system including student mobility, institutional differentiation and learning outcomes. 

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9:30-10:00   Welcome and Introduction

         • Glen Jones (University of Toronto)  
         • Chris Monahan (MTCU)

10:00-11:20  Panel 1: Credit Transfer and Student Mobility: Research and Policy Implications

         • Chair: Stacey Young (Ontario Council on Transfer and Articulation)
         • Sam Andrey & Jennifer Da Silva: Life After High School
         • Deanne Fisher: Pathways and Barriers to Undergraduate Education: The Case of Art and Design
            Programs

11:20-11:40  Break

11:40-1:00 Panel 2: Institutional Diversity and Differentiation in Ontario Higher Education

         • Chair: Sharon Li (University of  Toronto)
         • Michael Skolnik : An Historical Perspective on the Idea of Institutional Diversity and
            Differentiation in Ontario Higher Education
         • Pierre Piche : Measuring Diversity in Ontario’s university sector: 1994 – 2010
         • Kevin Ramdas : An Examination of Institutional Change at two Ontario Colleges: 2002-2012

1:00-1:40  Lunch

1:40 – 3:00  Panel 3: Learning Outcomes: Enhancing Quality in Post-secondary Education

         • Chair: Liwana Bringelson (MTCU)
         • Mary Catharine Lennon: Supporting Higher Education Learning Outcomes.
         • Kirsten Madsen: Tuning Project: Identifying and Measuring Sector-Based Learning 
         • Brian Frank: Engaging Learning Outcomes Across a Discipline and in Institutions

3:00-3:30   Moving Towards an Ontario Higher Education Research Network
         • Lucia Padure (MTCU)
         • Richard Wiggers (HEQCO)
         • Glen Jones (University of Toronto)

This event is sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities; the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario; and the Higher Education Group, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

Organizing Committee: Glen Jones (University of Toronto), Lucia Padure (MTCU) and Richard Wiggers (HEQCO).