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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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Degrees of Opportunity Broadening Student Access by Increasing Institutional Differentiation in Ontario

Research Summary: Degrees of Opportunity: Broadening Student Access by Increasing Institutional Differentiation in Ontario Higher Education was commissioned by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) to determine whether there are significant gaps in Ontario’s postsecondary education system with respect to education and research activities, and, if so, how these gaps might be addressed. […]

Making College-University Cooperation Work: Ontario in a National and International Context

Research Summary: Making College-University Cooperation Work: Ontario in a National and International Context seeks to answer three primary questions:  • Under what conditions does institutional cooperation blossom? • How successful have college-university partnerships in Ontario been to date?• How do the results of Ontario’s approach to college-university relationships differ from those of jurisdictions with a system-wide […]

Advice on whether to establish polytechnic institutions and on system design

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) ​​​​​​​The Council was asked by the Minister during the Spring of 2008 to provide him with policy advice on whether to create polytechnic institutions in Ontario. The Council undertook several research projects and consulted with stakeholders on the issue. At its December 2008 meeting, the Council’s Board of […]