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Career Opportunities and Requests for Proposals

Career Opportunities There are no current opportunities. Request for Proposals There are no RFPs at this time. 24/25-RFP-001 Consortium on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) The results of 24/25-RFP-001 Consortium on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). HEQCO has awarded contracts and funding to the following organizations based on the submissions made under the Consortium on Generative Artificial […]

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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Emotional Intelligence Interventions to Increase Student Success

Research Summary: Unable to cope with the transition from secondary school to postsecondary school or the new pressures of first year, a number of students at Ontario’s universities and colleges withdraw before they graduate.  What leads them to leave is still under discussion.  One possibility is that they lack what are called emotional and social […]

Revisiting Ontario College and University Revenue Data

Research Summary: Revisiting Ontario College and University Revenue Data, prepared by Snowdon & Associates, aims to provide a dependable estimate of inflation-adjusted revenue per full-time equivalent student at Ontario’s colleges and universities. Using the Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) as a measure of inflation, the report finds that the application of the HEPI to funding […]

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 […]