Open AccessA Look Back at the Decision on the Transfer Function at the Founding of Ontario’s Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology
Author(s) -
Michael L. Skolnik
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
canadian journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2293-6602
pISSN - 0316-1218
DOI - 10.47678/cjhe.v40i2.1915
Subject(s) - principal (computer security) , the arts , higher education , community college , function (biology) , sociology , political science , technology transfer , management , public administration , economic growth , economics , medical education , law , computer science , medicine , evolutionary biology , operating system , international trade , biology
Community college systems were established across North America from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. The new systems had two principal models: in one model, the college combined lower-division, university-level general education with technical education programs; in the other, most or all of the colleges were intended to concentrate on technical education. Ontario was the largest of the provinces and states in North America that opted for the second model. Many of the issues that planners confronted when designing these college systems have either persisted or re-emerged in recent years. This article re-examines the debate on the design of Ontario’s colleges that took place when they were founded and considers its implications for the present.