Education International has released a case study of the situation of TVET in Côte d’Ivoire. The French version of the report can be found here.
Interview with Prof. Wheelahan on TVET and Productive Capabilities
September 29, 2019 | PEW Team Research
Professor Wheelahan was interviewed in the wake of the release of PEW’s latest report comparing the situation of TVET in several jurisdictions across the world and presenting a productive capabilities framework meant to support policy-makers and researchers. The interview is available through Stitcher.com.
Dr. Lavigne on the Situation of TVET in Côte d’Ivoire
September 5, 2019 | PEW Team Research
Worlds of Education published a short piece by PEW’s Dr. Lavigne looking at the situation of TVET in Côte d’Ivoire.
Prof. Moodie on Fudged Research Results: The Conversation
July 29, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Conversation published a piece by PEW’s Professor Moodie on the impact of fudged research results on trust. The piece can be found here.
Prof. Moodie on Productive Capabilities
July 24, 2019 | PEW Team Research
PEW’s Professor Moodie has published a short piece in Worlds of Education where he explains the framework of productive capabilities and its use for TVET researchers and policy-makers. The piece can be found here.
International Comparative Study of TVET and Social Justice Published
July 7, 2019 | PEW Team Research
Education International has released the final report on TVET and social justice prepared by Pathways to Education and Work’s Research Team. The report compares the situation across several jurisdictions and provides a productive capabilities framework to support future research and policy efforts. The report can be found here.
Prof. Wheelahan Interviewed on the Situation of TAFE in Australia
May 14, 2019 | PEW Team Research
Professor Wheelahan shares her views on the situation of TAFE in Australia here.
Prof. Moodie on Teaching-only Universities
April 2, 2019 | Uncategorised
PEW’s Professor Moodie published a short piece in WONKHE on the impossibility of teaching-only universities. The piece can be found here.
PEW’s Case Study on Australia’s TAFE System Mentioned on WONKHE
March 24, 2019 | PEW Team Research
WONKHE’s Julie Hare discusses PEW’s latest case study on the situation of TAFE in Australia here.
Prof. Moodie on Free Speech in Australian Universities
November 20, 2018 | Uncategorised
PEW’s Professor Moodie published a piece on CIHE’s blog on the current debate regarding free speech in Australian universities. The piece can be found here.
Prof. Wheelahan on TVET, Capabilities, and Social justice
November 12, 2018 | PEW Team Research
Professor Wheelahan published a piece on TVET, capabilities, and social justice on Worlds of Education.
Case Studies of TVET in Australia, England, and Taiwan Published
October 4, 2018 | PEW Team Research
Education International has released three related case studies prepared by Pathways to Education and Work. The case studies explore the situation of TVET in Australia, England, and Taiwan.
A Community College: Different Programs, Different Prospects
May 8, 2018 | Ontario, PEW Team Research
By Laura Servage I completed my dissertation in partnership with an Alberta community college. Like most all community colleges, this institution was an important centre for credentialing in short courses and diplomas: the kinds of programs that could get people in to the workforce quickly, and match skills to high-needs occupational areas. The college relied…Read More
What Makes Pathways a Social Justice Issue? A Conversation with Leesa Wheelahan
October 2, 2017 | Foundations for Pathways
By Laura Servage Most of the public-facing work on educational pathways is student-focused. The success of students, after all, is the “bottom line;” few would argue otherwise. As a result, we think of “pathways” in terms of helping students to transfer between programs and institutions, or to pursue higher levels of qualifications – perhaps by…Read More
The Impact of College Baccalaureates on Access and Student Identity
June 22, 2017 | Ontario, PEW Team Research
by Edmund Adam In 2000, the Postsecondary Education Choice and Excellence Act authorised Ontario’s colleges to award bachelor degrees. It marked a milestone in a journey that had begun a decade earlier with Charles Pascal’s (1990) Vision 2000, which recommended the creation of new degree-granting institutions. The government justified this reform on various grounds. A…Read More
Higher Education and “High Skills” Jobs
June 22, 2017 | Canada
By Laura Servage As developed countries cross the threshold from massified to universal post-secondary education (Marginson, 2016; Trow, 2007), they are becoming more circumspect about the upper limits of benefits to be obtained, socially and individually, from such levels of participation.[1] It is no longer readily assumed that more education leads automatically to rewards in…Read More
The Impact of College Baccalaureates on Access and Student Identity
June 2, 2017 | Uncategorised
by Edmund Adam In 2000, the Postsecondary Education Choice and Excellence Act authorised Ontario’s colleges to award bachelor degrees. It marked a milestone in a journey that had begun a decade earlier with Charles Pascal’s (1990) Vision 2000, which recommended the creation of new degree-granting institutions. The government justified this reform on various grounds. A…Read More
Apples to Apples? Ontario’s Differentiated Baccalaureates
April 26, 2017 | Ontario, PEW Team Research
by Diane Simpson In 2002, legislation changed in Ontario allowing public colleges in the province to offer baccalaureate degrees for the first time (Clark, Moran, Skolnik & Trick, 2009). Presently (2017), almost 15,000 students are studying in over 100 college baccalaureate programs at 13 out of 24 public colleges in Ontario. The number of applications…Read More
College to University Pathways: What are the Limits to Social Mobility?
January 24, 2017 | PEW Team Research
by Edmund Adam, M.Ed. In Ontario, as in many jurisdictions, the expansion of higher education is justified in part as a strategy to promote equity, social inclusion and social mobility. Given that lower-income and first-generation students are more likely to enrol in a college for their first credential, effective transitions to university programs are an…Read More
Report on TVET and Social Justice Published
January 15, 2017 | PEW Team Research
Education International has made available a report put together by Pathways to Education and Work’s Research Group on Global Trends and Social Justice. The report can be found here.