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B.C. political parties on tuition fees
Liberals to continue caps, NDP promises a freeze, Greens pledge 20% reduction
British Columbians will go to the polls in a provincial general election on Tuesday, May 12. The major political parties are offering the following directions for tuition fee policy:
After having deregulated fees during their first term starting in 2002, the B.C. Liberals are pledging to continue with capping increases to the rate of inflation. The NDP is promising a freeze, while the B.C. Greens would roll back fees by 20 percent. The B.C. Conservatives would give tax incentives to new graduates moving into industries with skills shortages.
Satisfaction With Aspects of the Program: Textbooks and Learning Materials
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Student level of satisfaction with aspects of the program:
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Satisfaction With Aspects of the Program: Quality of Computers and Software
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Student level of satisfaction with aspects of the program:
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Satisfaction With Aspects of the Program: Helpfulness of Instructors Outside Class
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Student level of satisfaction with aspects of the program:
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Satisfaction With Aspects of the Program: Availability of Instructors Outside Class
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Student level of satisfaction with aspects of the program:
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Satisfaction With Aspects of the Program: Quality of Other Tools and Equipment
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Student level of satisfaction with aspects of the program:
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Usefulness of Skills/Knowledge in Performing Job (Applied programs)
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Usefulness of Training in Getting New Job (Applied programs)
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Usefulness of training in getting new job (Arts and sciences programs)
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Who took part
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
The annual B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) Survey (formerly the B.C. College and Institute Student Outcomes Survey) asks former students to evaluate their education and employment experiences. In 2008, more than 16,000 former students were interviewed nine to 20 months after completing all, or a significant portion, of their educational program.
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How it was done
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
The B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) Survey (formerly the B.C. College and Institute Student Outcomes Survey) is conducted annually province-wide, and asks former students to evaluate their post-secondary education and to report on further education and employment experiences. The survey’s name was changed in 2008 as a result of four B.C. institutions changing their status from university college or college to university. The new name reflects a change in focus from the type of institution participating in the survey to the type of student being surveyed.
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The 2008 survey contacted 16,297 former students. The findings are useful for prospective students making educational choices, as well as providing information to institutions for educational planning.
The DACSO survey is conducted with funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development in partnership with 20 B.C. post-secondary institutions. Former students were interviewed nine to 20 months after completing all, or a significant portion, of their educational program. The survey does not include students in baccalaureate degree programs, apprenticeship students or those in developmental programs such as ESL and adult basic education. The survey was conducted in spring 2008, online and by telephone, achieving a 58 per cent response rate.
Several of the indicators were calculated from questions that offered four or five response categories (e.g. 5=very well, 4=well, 3=adequately, 2=poor, 1= very poor). The results are the average of the responses shown on a scale of 5 to 1 or 4 to 1 where a higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
The results also include data from a standardized index. Program mix, which varies considerably from one institution to the next, can affect how students evaluate their programs and directly relates to employment and further education. The DACSO survey has created a standardized index that allows results for an individual school to be compared to what would be the provincial value if all the schools in the system offered the same mix of programs as the school in question. This data includes results shown as percentages: higher, lower or—at 100%—equal to the provincial score.
When displaying the survey results, Maclean’s has ordered the colleges in descending order according to how each performs as compared to the provincial adjusted score.
Satisfaction With Aspects of the Program: Library Materials
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Student level of satisfaction with aspects of the program:
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Satisfaction With Aspects of the Program: Amount of Practical Experience
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Student level of satisfaction with aspects of the program:
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Satisfaction With Aspects of the Program: Fair Assessments (Tests, Papers)
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Student level of satisfaction with aspects of the program:
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Satisfaction With Aspects of the Program: Organization of Program
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Student level of satisfaction with aspects of the program:
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Satisfaction With Aspects of the Program: Quality of Instruction
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
Student level of satisfaction with aspects of the program:
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Program Helped Develop Skills to Write Clearly and Concisely
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
How well did the program help develop your skills?
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Program Helped Develop Skills to Read and Comprehend Materials
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
How well did the program help develop your skills?
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Program Helped Develop Skills to Learn on Your Own
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
How well did the program help develop your skills?
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
Program Helped Develop Skills to Use Other Tools and Equipment
B.C. Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes Survey
How well did the program help develop your skills?
Thompson Rivers University – OL stands for the school’s Open Learning program.
Score: A higher value indicates a more favourable rating.
Institution as % of B.C. Average: To allow for a more accurate and fair comparison among different types of institutions, the DACSO survey takes the scores from the left-hand column and adjusts them to account for the different program mixes at each school. Each school’s percentage result shows how it would have placed if all institutions in the survey had its program mix. One hundred percent equals the provincial adjusted score; 101% is 1% above the provincial adjusted score; 99% is 1% below.
