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Women in Academia

Welcome to the Women in Academia Project HEQCO is pleased to announce the release of a multi-part research project designed to explore current and historical gender disparities among faculty in Ontario universities. Despite advocacy efforts, collective bargaining, targeted funding and legislation, gaps in representation, promotion and earnings for women academics persist. These inequalities are especially […]

Quick Stats

How many Ontario students applied to the province’s colleges and universities during the last decade? How many enrolled? How many graduated? Find the answers to these and other good questions in Quick Stats, a compendium of data on Ontario’s postsecondary system. Note: All visualizations begin in 2013 and go up to the most recent year […]

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Who Doesn’t Go to Postsecondary Education

Research Summary: This study was designed to develop a better understanding of the characteristics of the young people who do not pursue post-secondary education (PSE) directly after leaving secondary school, and the factors that shaped their decision making.  Quantitative and qualitative data were used in this study. The quantitative component relied on data files from […]

@ Issue Paper No. 1 – Postsecondary Education Attainment and Participation in Ontario

Summary: The Ontario government is developing a new postsecondary education strategy with the aim of ensuring that the province is able to compete and prosper in a global, knowledgebased economy. Postsecondary education (PSE) is a key component of this strategy. This pride of place is appropriate because higher education is the primary means whereby societies […]

Postsecondary Education Attainment and Participation in Ontario

The Ontario government is developing a new postsecondary educatio​​​n strategy with the aim of ensuring that the province is able to compete and prosper in a global, knowledgebased economy. Postsecondary education (PSE) is a key component of this strategy. This pride of place is appropriate because higher education is the primary means whereby societies add […]

Advice on the structure of the Multi-Year Accountability Agreements with Ontario postsecondary institutions

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) ​​​​​Advice on the next generation of Multi-Year Accountability Agreements was sought by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities in the documents of HEQCO’s formation. In responding to this request, HEQCO has worked closely with, and continues to participate in, a joint working group with Ministry staff to […]

Faculty Engagement in Teaching Development Activities Phase 1 Literature Review

Research Summary: This report and its accompanying stand-alone  appendix provide a review of the literature related to faculty engagement in teaching development activities at universities.  The literature review is framed using Stephen Brookfield’s four lenses, and discusses changes to student and faculty learning models, the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), as well as teaching […]