The Emerging Challenges facing the Ontario Colleges

Ontario College Administrative Staff AssociationDr. Lane D. Trotter

Senior Vice President AcademicFanshawe College

June 24, 2013

retirement recr

uitm

ent

demographics

technology

funding

training education

cultu

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tuition

pedagogy

androgogycompetition

credentials

retirement recr

uitm

ent

presidents

faculty

administrative staff

support staffpension

retirement recr

uitm

ent

presidents

faculty

administrative staff

support staffpension

demographics

demographics

declining 18-24 cohort outside the GTA

aging populationdem

and for public services

changing student profile

more skills upgrading

more mature learners

demographics

declining 18-24 cohort outside the GTA

aging populationdem

and for public services

changing student profile

more skills upgrading

retirement recr

uitm

entfunding

more mature learners

funding

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reduced operating grant

no service reductions

publicly funded vs publicly assisted

more partnershipswith industry

with other PSIs

international

funding

prov

inci

al d

efici

t

reduced operating grant

no service reductions

publicly funded vs publicly assisted

retirement recr

uitm

ent

demographics

tuition

more partnershipswith industry

with other PSIs

international

tuition

capped to CPI

will become ever more important

students will expect m

orepublicly funded vs publicly assisted?

tuition

capped to CPI

will become ever more important

students will expect m

ore

retirement recr

uitm

ent

demographics

funding

competition

publicly funded vs publicly assisted?

competition for studentswith universities

with collegeshyper

coop

etitio

n

with private career collegeswith international PSIs

competition for studentswith universities

with collegeshyper

coop

etitio

n

retirement recr

uitm

ent

demographics

funding

tuition

pedagogy

androgogy

with private career collegeswith international PSIs

pedagogy

androgogy

“just in time” education

customised learning

elearning

Western Governors University

Coursera / EdX / Udacity

experiential learning

research

social media

modularisation coop

internshipsclinical placements

pedagogy

androgogy

“just in time” education

customised learning

elearning

Western Governors University

Coursera / EdX / Udacity

experiential learning

research

social media

modularisation

retirement recr

uitm

ent

demographics

technology

funding

tuition

pedagogy

androgogycompetition

coopinternships

clinical placements

technology simulation

MO

OCs

mobile

Western Governors UniversityCoursera / EdX / Udacity

OntarioLearn

new educational cost model

technologysimulation

MO

OCs

mobile

Western Governors UniversityCoursera / EdX / Udacity

OntarioLearn

new educational cost model

retirement recr

uitm

ent

demographics

funding

education

tuition

pedagogy

androgogycompetition

education Ontario’s old binary modelpathways em

ployment

Bologna Process

articulation

OnCAT

credit transfer/ portability

education Ontario’s old binary modelpathways em

ployment

retirement recr

uitm

ent

demographics

technology

funding

training

tuition

pedagogy

androgogycompetition Bologna Process

articulation

OnCAT

credit transfer/ portability

trainingapprenticeship

CODA

PLAR

credit transfer to post secondary

trainingapprenticeship

CODA

PLAR

retirement recr

uitm

ent

demographics

technology

funding

education

tuition

pedagogy

androgogycompetition

credentialscredit transfer to post secondary

credentials

degrees

certificates and diplomas sophisticated

Large

economy

Bologna Process

PEQAB

3-2-3

4 year college vs honours degree

advanced diploma vs 3 year degree

EHEA

credentials

degrees

certificates and diplomas sophisticated

Large

economyretirement recr

uitm

ent

demographics

technology

funding

training education

cultu

re

tuition

pedagogy

androgogycompetition

Bologna Process

PEQAB

3-2-3

4 year college vs honours degree

advanced diploma vs 3 year degree

EHEA

cultu

reneed to defineembrace teaching

industry drivenstudent focused

research driven by curriculumdistinct from the universities

retirement recr

uitm

ent

demographics

technology

funding

training education

cultu

re

tuition

pedagogy

androgogycompetition

credentials

need to defineembrace teaching

industry drivenstudent focused

research driven by curriculumdistinct from the universities

FINAL THOUGHTS

massive change over the last 12 years change will continue pa

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hang

e continued decline in public grantmore competition

evolve educational model

education as private benefit rather than public goodO

ntario Colleges must be nim

ble stay focused on economy

cost shifting to users

differentiate

Questions?