The Origin and Evolution of an Anomalous Academic Credential: The Ontario College Advanced Diploma
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| Title: | The Origin and Evolution of an Anomalous Academic Credential: The Ontario College Advanced Diploma |
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| Authors: | Michael Skolnik |
| Source: | Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 2023 53(1):1-15. |
| Availability: | Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. P.O. Box 34091, RPO Fort Richmond, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5T5, Canada. Tel: 204-474-6404; Fax: 204-474-7561; e-mail: csshe@cc.umanitoba.ca; Web site: http://journals.sfu.ca/cjhe/index.php/cjhe/index |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Postsecondary Education Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Advanced Courses, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Bachelors Degrees, Credentials, Enrollment Rate, Critical Path Method, Educational History, Historical Interpretation |
| Geographic Terms: | Canada |
| ISSN: | 0316-1218 |
| Abstract: | The Ontario College Advanced Diploma requires three years of post-secondary education and the attainment of learning outcomes like those of a three-year baccalaureate degree. Except for one other Canadian province, no similar academic credential is awarded by colleges in Canada or the United States. For these reasons it has been viewed by some as an anomalous academic credential. This article relates how Ontario colleges came to offer such a rare credential and how the credential survived for over half a century. Employing the concept of path dependence, the origins of the advanced diploma are traced back to the institutes of technology that were first established in Ontario in the 1940s. The article employs a mix of historical inquiry, document analysis, enrolment trend analysis, and literature review methodologies. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1406934 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The Ontario College Advanced Diploma requires three years of post-secondary education and the attainment of learning outcomes like those of a three-year baccalaureate degree. Except for one other Canadian province, no similar academic credential is awarded by colleges in Canada or the United States. For these reasons it has been viewed by some as an anomalous academic credential. This article relates how Ontario colleges came to offer such a rare credential and how the credential survived for over half a century. Employing the concept of path dependence, the origins of the advanced diploma are traced back to the institutes of technology that were first established in Ontario in the 1940s. The article employs a mix of historical inquiry, document analysis, enrolment trend analysis, and literature review methodologies. |
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| ISSN: | 0316-1218 |
