Tackling Student Literacy and Numeracy Underpreparedness in Ontario Colleges: Access, Quality and Funding

Autor/in	Dziwak, Kasia
Titel	Tackling Student Literacy and Numeracy Underpreparedness in Ontario Colleges: Access, Quality and Funding
Quelle	In: College Quarterly, 17 (2014) 2, (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1195-4353
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Numeracy; Literacy; College Students; Developmental Studies Programs; Educational Finance; Financial Support; At Risk Students; Colleges; Reading Skills; Mathematics Skills; Postsecondary Education; Educational Attainment; Educational Quality; Outcomes of Education; Student Costs; College Entrance Examinations; Exit Examinations; Student Evaluation; Intervention; Technology Uses in Education; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rechenkompetenz; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Collegestudent; Developmental studies; Developmental psychology; Study; Studies; Entwicklungspsychologie; Studium; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Studienkosten; Aufnahmeprüfung; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Kanada
Abstract	As more students enter postsecondary education without the numeracy and literacy skills necessary for success, Ontario colleges are facing a challenge. While enrolment-based funding drives the colleges to seek growth to ensure financial stability, the quality assurance mechanism leads them to divert millions of dollars from their operating budgets to support at-risk students through a multitude of remediation interventions. Improving the effectiveness of remediation supports is worth much attention, but it will not eliminate the need for continued investment. Overall, a system-wide funding mechanism change may be required to help colleges strike a balance between the incentives for growth and quality. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10