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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 […]
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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Research Summary: College degree granting dominates differentiation discussion While degree granting by Ontario colleges is barely a decade old and only 4% of the province’s college students are enrolled in degree programs, the topic dominates current discussions about college differentiation. A new report from the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) says that moving […]
On Wednesday, September 11, 2013, HEQCO will host a talk by Dr. Roger Benjamin, president of the Council for Aid to Education (CAE)…
Research Summary: Guide gives researchers tools to recruit students for research projects When research projects involve student participation, recruiting students is an important yet challenging part of the process. Recruiting Students for Research in Postsecondary Education: A Guide, published by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), provides an overview for researchers on how students […]
Mark Stabile, founding director of the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario…
Research Summary: Students More Engaged When Instructors Focus on Interaction Instead of Lectures Many students are concerned about the learning challenges presented by large first-year university classes, particularly the “impersonal” nature of lectures. A new study by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) finds that by re-designing courses to provide lecture content online […]
Research Summary: Francophone peer mentorship program eases the transition to postsecondary education As North America’s largest bilingual (English-French) postsecondary institution, the University of Ottawa enrols significant numbers of anglophone and francophone students from across Canada and internationally. Most of its students, however, come from across Ontario, often from communities that are linguistically and culturally diverse. […]