Presentation to Student Pathways in Higher
Education Conference – January 27, 2012
Glenn Craney
Senior Policy Advisor to the President &
Executive Director,
Office of Institutional Research and Analysis

Overview
Four Key Objectives
• Overview of college transfer and collaboration at
York University
• What does the intake class of college transfer students look like?
• How well do they do?
• A different view - what does the graduation class of college transfer students look like?

College Transfer and Collaboration at York University
• York University is a leader in College-University
Collaboration
• York has established a comprehensive block transfer credit policy in addition to 14 successful collaborative programs including
• BDesign program with Sheridan College and
• Collaborative Nursing programs with Seneca and Georgian Colleges
• Through this framework, York admits 2,600 students per year as credit transfer or into joint/collaborative programs.
• In total, almost 8,200 college transfer and joint degree students are enrolled at York University

Block Transfer Credit Policy
• York’s policy provides for a predetermined number of credits/courses or course waivers based on an number of factors:
• college program
• alignment
• years completed
• This transfer credit is offered as a matter of policy without special application required and without formal articulation agreements with the colleges.
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Block Transfer Credit - Examples
Program
Category
Years
Completed
A 3
Credits
Granted
42
B
C
3
3
30
21
D
E
3
3
15
12
Electives
27
21
21
15
12
General
Education
15
9
0
0
0
Examples
General Arts And Science, Business
Administration
Comedy Writing & Performance,
Database Application Developer
Electrical Engineering Technology,
Nursing Assistant
Tool And Design Instrumentation
Engineering Technology
Medical Radiation Technology,
Support Care
Notes:
1.
Assumes a minimum 70% average
2.
Credit will be assess on a sliding scale based on number of years completed.
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New Admissions (2010-11)
• Almost 2,600 new admits (across all three terms) from college transfers and/or into collaborative programs
• 2,100 students transferred under the block credit transfer policy
• 800 into 1 st year and
• 1,300 into upper years
• 100 new students in the BDesign Program
(Sheridan)
• 100 new students in Professional Writing
(Seneca)
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Total Enrolments – Fall/Winter 2010
College Transfer
Collaborative
Nursing
BDesign
Professional Writing
Total
Year 1
1,001
Upper
Years
5,709
-
101
94
1,196
699
293
245
6,946
Total
6,710
699
394
339
8,142
Note: Unique students across all three semesters
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New Class – What we know and what we need to find out
• Build upon previous study funded by CUCCpublished in 2008
• We know:
• sending college
• program of study at York
• performance at York
• how much credit transferred (new)
• More research is needed on:
• what did they study at the college (affinity)
• how many years of study
• did they graduate 9

New Class – Originating Institution
9,7% 6,8%
11,7%
38,6%
12,4%
Seneca
Sheridan
20,8%
Humber Centennial
George Brown All others
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New Class – Choice of Program
2,2%
14,0%
21,6%
4,8%
57,4%
Arts Business Fine Arts Health Science
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New Class – Credit Transferred
3,5% 2,1%
19,3%
0,5% 19,7%
55,0%
0 1 - 15 16 - 30
31 - 45 46 - 60 60 +
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How well do they do - Retention
90,0%
80,0%
70,0%
60,0%
50,0%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Direct from Secondary School (101)
College Transfers
Other Non Direct Students (105)
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How well do they do – Graduation
80,0%
60,0%
40,0%
20,0%
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
College Transfers Secondary School
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Graduation Class of 2011 - Program
2,9%
1,9%
12,9%
11,6%
70,7%
Arts Business Fine Arts Health Science
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Class of 2011 – Time to Completion
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
7
1
77
2
161
3
343
327
4 5
126
115
6 7 or more
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Class of 2011 – Credit Accumulation
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
3 year degree 4 year degree
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Future Research
• Partnership between York and Seneca
• York’s biggest ‘trading partner”
• build an administrative data set with student records from both institutions
• answers the missing questions/look for patterns
• college to university and university to college
• Special focus on nursing collaborative programs
• looking for key success factors
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