Ontario Association of Career Colleges

Ontario Association of Career Colleges

The Ontario Association of Career Colleges is a non-profit organization with more than 250 members.[1] OACC's members are private career colleges - post secondary schools that provide career-specific, outcome based programs.[2] Graduates of private career colleges earn a diploma or a certificate.[3] Private career colleges offer a wide range of programs, in fields like business, health services, human services, applied arts, information technology, electronics, services and the trades.[4] Private career colleges often work with small groups of people and offer flexible learning schedules, enrollment at many different times during the year and compressed programs that deliver training over a shorter period of time.[4]

Ontario Association of Career Colleges (OACC)
Established 1973
Type Non-profit
Location Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Website [1]

Private career colleges in Ontario must be registered with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. The legislation that governs the sector is called the Private Career Colleges Act 2005.[5] There are over 580 registered private career colleges in more than 70 Ontario communities, according to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.[6]

About 38,000 people graduate from private career colleges every year in Ontario in hundreds of skilled, essential fields, according to OACC statistics[2]. OACC provides advocacy, support and services to members.[7] OACC offers a Financial Aid Office that operates in partnership with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities' OSAP office. OACC is also authorized by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities [2] to act as a provider of transcript maintenance and issuance services. The association has more than 50,000 transcripts of former career college students stored[2].

References

  1. ^ OACC Website
  2. ^ a b c OACC website
  3. ^ Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU)
  4. ^ a b MTCU
  5. ^ Private Career Colleges Act 2005
  6. ^ MTCU Backgrounder
  7. ^ OACC

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