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The Academica Forum
Postsecondary education in Canada is undergoing massive change.
Technological changes, financial constraints, and changing recruitment markets are just a few of the trends affecting institutions from coast to coast to coast. This is a place for postsecondary professionals to share the latest ideas, research, and practices with one another as we navigate these changes.
The Latest Articles
In 2023, over 78,000 applicants to Canadian postsecondary institutions shared their motivations, experiences, and perspectives through Academica’s UCASTM. In this article, we take a closer look at the factors that guided their decision to apply to a postsecondary school.
In 2023, over 78,000 applicants to Canadian postsecondary institutions shared their motivations, experiences, and perspectives on the application process. In this second article, we discuss the information sources that applicants used to better understand their postsecondary options.
In February, more than 1,500 postsecondary students on Academica’s research panels shared their opinion on the recent federal policy changes to the international student program.
In 2023, over 78,000 applicants to Canadian postsecondary institutions shared their motivations, experiences, and perspectives on the application process through Academica’s University/College Applicant Study (UCAS™). In this first article, we discuss the motivations that drive applications to higher ed.
The increasing focus on training undergraduates for specific jobs or as economic entrepreneurs — not only in traditional professional degrees in STEM, such as engineering but across all university programs — shortchanges all parties involved.
Micro-credentials have proliferated across Canadian postsecondary education over the past five years. Non-traditional learners are the typical audience for these programs, but are current students aware of or interested in them.
With all the attention generative AI (GenAI) has been receiving, many institutions are grappling with these implications…
Helping international students find jobs before, during and after their studies in Canada.
Today, we have returned to our student housing series to address one of the most important questions for the sector: Do students view postsecondary institutions as responsible for their housing circumstances?
In the third article of this housing series, we zero in on perhaps the most important spectre in the student housing discussion: Affordability and pricing.
The Academica Top Ten team highlights 10 of the most important news items, trends, and stories that we followed in 2023 through the Indigenous Top Ten newsletter.
What happened in Canadian postsecondary education in 2023? The Academica Top Ten team highlights 10 of the most important trends and stories that we followed in 2023.
Student housing has been a critical point of discussion in Canadian postsecondary education in 2023, and it is expected to remain a critical issue throughout 2024. To better understand the student perspective and experience, we connected with 1,064 postsecondary students and applicants through the StudentVu panel and asked them about their experiences with housing this year.
A recent study shared by HEQCO found that nearly one-quarter of students who enrolled in PSE did not graduate after eight years. This was a striking finding, and among men the results were even more dismal.
In Fall 2023, Academica surveyed over 1,000 postsecondary students about their experience searching for housing in 2023-24. In this article, we share the perspective from the ground.