In March of 2017 with funding again through ONCAT, the Heads of Business launched a research project to evaluate the status of the HOB transfer agreements three years after implementation. This project had four primary goals:
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Provide insight into institutional processes required to support studentmobility.
Research Question: What is the awareness level of students and college staff of the system level
agreements?
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Contribute to our understanding of the student experience oftransfer.
Research Question: What are the student’s attitudes towards their experiences after they have
transitioned and what barriers/supports do they report related to their transfer?
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Generate and analyze new quantitative information on student mobility in Ontario.
Research question: How many students have benefited (intentionally/unintentionally) from the
system-wide transfer agreements?
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Analyze promising practices in facilitating transfer and supporting transfer student success
Research Question: How effective has the promising practice of Curriculum, Pathway Guides (CPGs) been as a process to keep transfer agreementscurrent?
To answer these four questions, the research methodology included seven unique components including system wide and college specific data analyses, student and stakeholder surveys, reviews of existing Curriculum Pathway Guides, website analyses and college stakeholder interviews and focus groups.