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With the addition of its newest research director and three research analysts, the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario has significantly enhanced its research capacity…
The Council’s second workshop brought together representatives from all of Ontario’s 24 colleges of applied arts and technology to discuss learning quality. The HEQCO/College Dialogue on Learning Research – Present and Future was held on October 17, 2007 and focused on the current state of the colleges’ learning related data gathering and research, sharing of successful practices in […]
Research Summary: A Synthesis Report on Access to Postsecondary Education This report is a synopsis of the published research on access to higher education in Canada. The report serves to provide an understanding of the education decisions that students make beginning in grade 10 and continuing throughout high school and postsecondary education. The purpose of […]
Research Summary: The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) is seeking comments on the priorities and research agenda it should adopt during its initial years of operation. In recent years the Ontario government has made significant changes in its policy framework for postsecondary education. The creation of the Council is one of these changes. By statute, the […]
While there have been noticeable signs of progress within Ontario’s postsecondary education system, some key questions related to the overall quality of the system remain unanswered, according to the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario…
The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, chair of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario welcomes the appointment of Catherine Henderson and David Marshall to the Council’s board of directors…
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HEQCO is currently hiring for Research Interns. Job descriptions and application details are available here. Please direct any additional inquiries to hr@heqco.ca. Research Intern Internship position title: Research InternLocation: Remote, with possibility for some in-person meetings in TorontoDuration: 2021–22 academic year (fall and winter terms), with possibility of extension into summerType: Part-time contract position (up […]
New study examines how COVID-19 pandemic has amplified challenges for students with disabilities and offers recommendations for improving accessible remote learning The sudden shift to remote learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has important implications for accessibility in postsecondary education. A new study from the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) finds that, on […]
Report calls for new plan and objectives for Ontario’s postsecondary online-learning initiatives…