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Private career colleges engagement summary

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Engagement report summarizing stakeholder feedback during a review of the private career college sector in Alberta. From February 16 to March 15, 2024, the Government of Alberta solicited feedback... More ≫

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Engagement report summarizing stakeholder feedback during a review of the private career college sector in Alberta. From February 16 to March 15, 2024, the Government of Alberta solicited feedback from stakeholders in the private career college sector to better understand how private career colleges interact with organizations and post-secondary institutions, how the successes of private career colleges can be built upon, and what can be done to address the rising instances of non-compliance.

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Foundational Learning Assistance policy manual

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This policy manual aims to provide policy guidance to Advanced Education staff, educational institutions, students and other stakeholders regarding the Foundational Learning Assistance program.... More ≫

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This policy manual aims to provide policy guidance to Advanced Education staff, educational institutions, students and other stakeholders regarding the Foundational Learning Assistance program. The program provides full-time and part-time opportunities for low-income Albertans, who are unemployed or working less than 20 hours per week, to participate in programs of study that increase knowledge and develop skills to prepare them for further education, training, and/or sustainable employment. The Program replaces the Learner Income Support program and the Skills Investment Bursary program.

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Roles and mandates policy framework for Alberta's adult learning system

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Provides policy direction for post-secondary institutions and other adult learning providers that reflects and supports the Adult Learning System Vision and Principles. This includes policy... More ≫

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Provides policy direction for post-secondary institutions and other adult learning providers that reflects and supports the Adult Learning System Vision and Principles. This includes policy direction on institutional roles, mandates, relationships with each other, with government, and to some extent with their communities. The framework differentiates the publicly-funded post-secondary system in Alberta into six sectors and assigns each of the 26 publicly-funded institutions to one of the sectors, providing descriptions of the programming, research and collaboration mandates of each sector.

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Campus Alberta Quality Council ... action plan

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The Campus Alberta Quality Council (CAQC) action plans have been developed in accordance with best-practices guidelines identified by the Public Agencies Governance Framework. The CAQC is an... More ≫

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The Campus Alberta Quality Council (CAQC) action plans have been developed in accordance with best-practices guidelines identified by the Public Agencies Governance Framework. The CAQC is an arms-length quality assurance agency established to advance the quality of the post-secondary system in Alberta, and is accountable to the Minister of Advanced Education. Its primary responsibility is to provide advice and recommendations to the Minister on applications from post-secondary institutions seeking to offer new degree programs in Alberta. The Council also has a responsibility to review and monitor degree programs to ensure that they meet its expectations of quality.

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What we heard : literacy and learning symposium 2012

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In Fall 2012, representatives from Alberta Enterprise and Advanced Education and Alberta Human Services participated in a plenary session during the Literacy and Learning Symposium 2012 to gather... More ≫

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In Fall 2012, representatives from Alberta Enterprise and Advanced Education and Alberta Human Services participated in a plenary session during the Literacy and Learning Symposium 2012 to gather input on the Adult Literacy Action Plan from community learning stakeholders across Alberta.

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Foundational Learning and Diversity Sub-Committee : report to the A Learning Alberta Steering Committee

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In 2005 a comprehensive review of Alberta’s advanced education system, known as A Learning Alberta, was initiated, with the goal of articulating a new vision and policy outcomes for Alberta’s... More ≫

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In 2005 a comprehensive review of Alberta’s advanced education system, known as A Learning Alberta, was initiated, with the goal of articulating a new vision and policy outcomes for Alberta’s advanced education system. This report represents the work of the Foundational Learning and Diversity sub-committee. Within the larger context and framework of A Learning Alberta, the sub-committee focused on identifying priorities for community learning opportunities to better meet the learning needs of adults who are under-represented in existing formal learning opportunities, and looked specifically at adults who live with a disability, low literacy skills, low fluency in English and/or challenges of settlement in a new country.

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