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Advisory Committee on Academic Planning was formed. This was a standing committee of the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies, OCGS, a subset of the Council of Ontario Universities (COU)<\/p>\n\n

ACAP evaluated different discplines each year compared to others outside ON. Example of normative isomorphism.<\/p>\n","tag":"ACAP, OCGS"},{"asset":{},"startDate":"1974","endDate":"2004","headline":"Appraisals Committee of OCGS","text":"

The Appraisals Committee, a successor to ACAP, and like ACAP, focused on graduate educuation only. Unlike ACAP, the Committee did not assess quality collectively province wide. Focused on continual process for appraising quality in higher education. The Appraisals committee evaluated separately each graduate degree as distinct from the overall graduate programme. <\/p>\n\n

This committee ultimately had a financial element to it, as it evaluated a program`s eligibility for funding.<\/p>\n"},{"asset":{},"startDate":"1993","endDate":"1993","headline":"Internal Programme Reviews thru ON Ministry of Education & Training","text":"

Through a subcommittee of the Council of Universities, universities were conducting internal program reviews<\/p>\n"},{"asset":{},"startDate":"1982","endDate":"1982","headline":"OCGS External Appraisal of Graduate Programs","text":"

In 1982, the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies (OCGS) began periodic external appraisals of approved graduate programs. All new and continuing graduate programs had to go through the external review process for quality assurance.<\/p>\n","tag":"OCGS"},{"asset":{},"startDate":"1993","endDate":"1996","headline":"Broadhurst Commission Report for Undergraduate Quality Assurance","text":"

The Council of Ontario Universities (COU) created a system of KPIs - Key Performance Indicators - to be implemented at the institution level <\/strong>as a \"checklist\" for reviewing Undergraduate programs. <\/p>\n\n

The Broadhurst report recommended the use of these KPIs to externally audit university processes and quality. KPIs included such areas of focus as: Responsiveness, Quality, Mission, Performance, Resources, Input, Process, Throughput, Output (in terms of Volume), Outcome (in terms of Quality)<\/p>\n"},{"asset":{},"startDate":"1991","endDate":"2015","headline":"Maclean`s Guide to Canadian Universities","text":"

In 1991, Maclean`s magazine published its first university rankings edition, also known as the Guide to Canadian universities. Throughout its history, (even to this day in 2021), it has been controversial in how it has evaluated Canadian universities. While it based some of its indicators on the Broadhurst commission and subsequent report, the annual survey and ranking was marketed more towards undergraduates. It categorized schools or programs by Medical\/ Doctoral, Comprehensive, and Primarily Undergraduate. It did not evaluate quality on a program by program basis, but rather institutional level<\/strong> and was\/ is criticized to be statistically problematic and artificial. <\/p>\n\n

Key word here is \"marketed\". Marketing involves planting a seed or thought in a consumer`s mind, repeatedly planting that thought, so that a brand is top of mind when a consumer begins to think about using, buying that product or service. In this case universities were the service consumed by students. <\/p>\n"},{"asset":{},"startDate":"2002","endDate":"2015","headline":"Ontario College Quality Assurance Service (OCQAS)","text":"

Created by Provincial Government through The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act (2002), but a college owned QA process, and not technically a government agency. Funded by colleges, overseen by Management Board, comprised of internal college members and members external to college. Quality Assurance mechanism for colleges.<\/p>\n"},{"asset":{},"startDate":"2005","endDate":"2005","headline":"Degree Level Expectations - Council of Academic Vice Presidents","text":"

Voluntary committee of university VPs, developed 7 expectations, applied at program level on topics such as degree or credential, through to knowledge of methodologies, through to automony. This INTERAL process only applied to ongoing continuing programs, at undergraduate level. Despite being internal, reports were shared with other institutions. Not connected to funding eligibility. Formative assessment, not summative.<\/p>\n"},{"asset":{},"startDate":"2007","endDate":"2007","headline":"Review Commissioned by COU","text":"

Recommended creation of task force to design new quality assurance framework for both undergraduate and grauate programs, taking into account internal review process. <\/p>\n"},{"asset":{},"startDate":"2010","headline":"Taskforce for Ontario Quality Assurance Framework (QAF)","endDate":"2015","text":"

Shared responsibility of OUCQA (Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance) and Ontario universities. Taskforce created the QAF, which created the OUCQA . <\/p>\n\n

QAF is a framework that guide universities in their QA process. It is reviewed and updated every 8 years, and universities make modifications as necessary. The generic framework provides criteria to help universities create their own QA process. <\/p>\n\n

Although this stops at 2015, according to the Reading, in actuality, this QAF is still current today, 2021<\/p>\n"},{"asset":{},"startDate":"2010","endDate":"2015","headline":"Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance (OUCQA)","text":"

Established in 2010 to oversee QAF processes in universities (QAF mentioned previously), as a more independent body. Responsible for overseeing quality at both undergraduate and graduate levels within Ontario. Although each institution creates its own Institutional Quality Assurance Process (IQAP), it is subject to approval from OUCQA.<\/p>\n\n

Although this timeline stops at 2015, based upon Lang's reading, OUCQA continues to be in existance currently in 2021.<\/p>\n"}],"language":"en","headline":"1969 Introduction of Quality Assurance in Ontario Higher Education","text":"

In 1969 a form of Quality Assurance was introduced into Ontario Higher Education (Post Secondary Education). QA at this stage was multidimensional, in that there were 2 different setups, one for the graduate level, and one for undergraduate level. <\/div>\n"}}