The Survey of Canadian Career College Students was conducted to further understand student participation in the private post-secondary educational system. Students from 384 private career colleges participated in an in-school survey to ascertain socio-economic background, factors influencing selection of the private college system, debt levels, student satisfaction, work and education transition plans. In total 13,721 students from private institutions receiving less than 50% government fundi ng, with less than 30% enrollment in ESL or correspondence participated in the survey. Among those students that completed the survey 61% agreed to participate in a follow-up survey 6 to 12 months post-graduation to determine graduate outcomes.
The Survey of Canadian Career College Graduates was undertaken to further understand graduate outcomes associated with Canada's private post-secondary education system. It is a continuation of previous research which included an examination of Canada's career college system (Phase I: Institutional Report) and a comprehensive survey of students enrolled in programs in private institutions (Phase II: In-School Survey). This new phase includes a review of career college outcomes six to nine months after graduation. The project is unique in that it provides a longitudinal perspective on each respondent's experience: both as a student (In-School Survey) and as a graduate (the present survey).
In total, 4,065 graduates participated in this research and agreed to link their responses to the In-School Survey. While attempts have been made to draw comparisons between private and public student bodies, it is important to note that there were some limitations in making such comparisons. As the last national public college survey of graduates was completed in 2002 (for college students who graduated in 2000), some comparisons have been made to recent public college outcomes for grad uates in BC and Ontario only.
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CCCSS 2003: CCCSS: Phase I: Institutional Survey
CCCSS 2003: Phase II: In-School Student Survey
CCCSS 2003: Phase III: Graduate Survey
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The research, conducted in three phases, began with a survey of private career colleges (the Institutional Survey) to ascertain the number of institutions and students eligible to participate in the CCCSS. In Phase II, an In-School Survey was conducted with students enrolled in eligible programs in private career colleges throughout Canada. The In-School Survey was followed by the Graduate Survey in Phase III to determine outcomes associated with participation in the private PSE system. Phase I - Institutional Survey: Institutional Survey package was mailed to a random and representative sample of 800 private career colleges selected from the Private Career College Database developed by the consultant of 2,423 institutions. Institutions in the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, 169 in total, were mailed English and French versions of the documents to accommodate respondents in both official languages. The package included a cover letter, the Institutional Survey, FAQ, and an example institution-specific student survey data report. In total, 502 Institutional Surveys were completed with private career colleges throughout Canada.
A completion was considered to include institutions that filled out the Institutional Survey (422: 166 NACC member and 256 institutions not holding memberships with NACC), institutions indicating that they were not qualified to participate in the Student Survey because the majority of their students were language or correspondence students (51) and institutions identified by the Consultant, through a Canada 411 search, as no longer in operation (29). Phase II - In-School Survey: The in-s chool survey was completed with 13,721 students from institutions across Canada. The total number of eligible students estimated to be enrolled in private career colleges in 2006 was 156,107. The estimate of eligible students is obtained from the Survey of Canadian Career College Students Phase I: Institutional Survey Report. Based on random sampling approaches, the maximum sample error for this study is therefore estimated to be ± 0.8% (19 times out of 20). Phase III - Graduate Survey: In total, 4,400 participants completed the survey over the telephone and 25 participants completed the survey online. On average, the survey took participants 21.5 minutes to complete. Minor changes in wording were made to the survey instrument based on feedback obtained in the field test prior to finalization of the survey instrument and full survey administration.
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