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The service saw higher education as salient to its organizational imperatives of professionalization, increased public legitimacy and credibility, and enhanced academic recognition of police professional learning. To realize this mission, the Toronto Police Service entered into a higher education partnership with the University of Guelph and Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning under its then-new joint venture, the University of Guelph-Humber. The University of Guelph-Humber designed an accredited higher education pathway for Toronto Police personnel that also gave academic credit for past professional learning and increased educational access by offering blended course delivery. Based on semi-structured interviews with key educational administrators at the University of Guelph-Humber, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, and the Toronto Police Service, this article narrates the origins of this higher education pathway—a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Justice Studies. In addition, it describes how this pathway evolved to include non-uniform Toronto police personnel, other police services, and expanded further to include learners from the larger justice and public safety fields. The exploration is situated in a larger discussion about the relationship between higher education, professionalization and legitimacy, and the potential of partnerships between higher educational institutions and professions in Canada. Keywords: higher education; professionalization; police; adult learning; educational partnerships; credentialization; educational access; undergraduate degree  \nRésumé  \nÀ la fin des années 1990 et au début des années 2000, le Service de police de Toronto explorait les moyens d’améliorerl’accès à l’éducation postsecondaire pour ses officiers. Le Service voyait l’éducation postsecondaire comme un outil pour atteindre ses buts organisationnels, dont la professionnalisation, l’accroissement de la légitimité et de la crédibilité auprès du public et l’amélioration de la reconnaissance de la formation policière dans le milieu de l’éducation. Afin de réaliser cette mission, le Service de police de Toronto s’est engagé dans un partenariat avec l’Université de Guelph et le Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning dans le cadre de la toute nouvelle Université de Guelph-Humber. L’Université de Guelph-Humber a élaboré un programme d’études postsecondaires agréé sur mesure pour le personnel de police de Toronto, reconnaissant la formation professionnelle antérieure et offrant un mode de prestation de cours hybride pour plus d’accessibilité . Fondé sur des entrevues semi-structurées avec des administrateurs et administratrices de l’Université de Guelph-Humber, du Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning et du Service de police de Toronto, le présent article raconte les origines de ce programme de baccalauréat en arts appliqués en études juridiques. Par ailleurs, il décrit comment le programme a évolué afin d’inclure le personnel civil du Service de police de Toronto, les autres services policiers, et également les étudiant(e)s des secteurs de la justice et de la sécurité publique. Cette exploration se situe dans une discussion plus vaste au sujet des rapports entre éducation postsecondaire, professionnalisation et légitimité et des partenariats potentiels entre les établissements postsecondaires et les professions au Canada.  \nMots-clés : éducation postsecondaire, professionnalisation, police, formation des adultes, partenariats éducatifs, agrément, accès à l’éducation, baccalauréat  \nCanadian Journal of Higher Education | Revue canadienne d’enseignement supérieur 50:3 (2020)   \nIntroduction  \nIn the late 1990s and early","cbCaifxgWYbuu36L","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifxgWYbuu36L","pdf",182703,13,"English","# Introduction\n## Purpose and factors behind the partnership\n# Development of the educational pathway\n## Accredited program design and prior learning credit\n## Blended delivery and expanded learner groups\n# Discussion and broader implications\n## Professionalization, legitimacy, and partnerships in Canada","[{\"question\":\"What problem motivated the Toronto Police Service to pursue higher education access for officers?\",\"answer\":\"The Toronto Police Service sought to increase access to higher education, especially for more senior officers who often had only a high school diploma, to support organizational professionalization and credibility.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the University of Guelph-Humber partnership shape the new degree pathway?\",\"answer\":\"The partnership created an accredited pathway for Toronto Police personnel, offering blended course delivery and academic credit for past professional learning.\"},{\"question\":\"What evidence does the article use to explain the pathway’s origins and evolution?\",\"answer\":\"It draws on semi-structured interviews with educational administrators from the University of Guelph-Humber, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, and the Toronto Police Service.\"}]","A Program of Their Own - The Design and Evolution of an Undergraduate Degree Program for Police Officers in Ontario | PDF",1792083939,33]