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Outside one other Canadian province, Canada and the United States do not issue similar college diplomas, leading to its characterization as an anomalous credential. 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Except for one other Canadian province, no similar academic credential is awarded by colleges in Canada orthe United States. For these reasons it has been viewed by some as an anomalous academic credential. This article relates how Ontario colleges came to offersuch a rare credential and how the credential survived for over half a century. Employing the concept of path dependence, the origins ofthe advanced diploma are traced back to the institutes of technology that were first established in Ontario in the 1940s. The article employs a mix of historical inquiry, document analysis, enrolment trend analysis, and literature review methodologies.  \nKeywords: academic credential, diploma, degree, college baccalaureate, path dependence  \nRésumé  \nLe diplôme d’études collégiales de l’Ontario—niveau avancé requiert trois années d’études postsecondaires et l’obtention de résultats d’apprentissage similaires à ceux d’un diplôme de baccalauréat de trois ans. Sauf dans une autre province canadienne, aucundiplôme similaire n’est délivré par les établissements d’enseignement supérieur au Canada ou aux États-Unis. C’est pourquoi certains considèrent ce diplôme comme une anomalie. Cet article raconte comment les collèges de l’Ontario ensont venus à proposerun titre aussi rare et comment cetitre a survécu pendant plus d’un demi-siècle. En s’appuyant sur le concept de « dépendance au sentier », l’article retrace les origines de ce diplôme d’études supérieures en remontant jusqu’aux instituts de technologie qui ont été créés en Ontario dans les années 1940. L’article utilise un mélange de méthodologies d’enquête historique, d’analyse de documents, d’analyse des tendances en matière d’inscription et d’analyse documentaire.  \nMots-clés: diplôme, diplôme d’études collégiales, dépendance au sentier  \nIntroduction  \nOn April 11, 2022, Ontario’s Minister of Colleges and Universities announced that the province’s colleges would be allowed, for the first time, to develop three-year bachelor’s degrees, to go along with the four-year bachelor’s degrees for which they obtained authorization in 2000 (Government of Ontario, 2022b). The Minister’s announcement represented the culmination of a decade of efforts by the college sector to gain approval to offer three-year degrees. Colleges Ontario, the organization that represents the colleges, had argued  \nthat the knowledge and skill requirements for a three-year diploma and a three-year bachelor’s degree were “virtually the same,” and thus “requiring colleges to award a diplomato graduates of three-year programs that meet degree standards does those students a disservice by not adequately reflecting their learning achievements”(Colleges Ontario, 2012, p. 9) . Colleges Ontario added that in most other countries, completion of a three-year post-secondary program resulted in the award of a degree, and thus Ontario’s three-year advanced diploma is “an anomaly that is not understood outside the province”(Colleges Ontario, 2020, p. 4) .  \nCanadian Journal of Higher Education | Revue canadienne d’enseignement supérieur 53:1 (2023)   \nThis anomaly has existed for the entire history of the colleges. This article addresses two questions concerning the anomaly: the primary focus is on how Ontario colleges came to have such a unique academic credential, and the secondary focus is on how this anomaly has been maintained for so long. The article begins with sections on methodology and data and the theoretical framework; then describes the Ontario College Advanced Diploma, tracing its history from predecessor institutions to the establishment of the colleges; and presents data on enrolment and earnings of graduates, ending with a discussion an","cbCaiqFms1cJqGGL","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqFms1cJqGGL","pdf",172564,15,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Methodology and Data\n# Theoretical Framework","[{\"question\":\"What makes the Ontario College Advanced Diploma considered anomalous?\",\"answer\":\"It is a three-year college credential with learning outcomes similar to a three-year bachelor’s degree, yet similar credentials are not awarded by colleges in Canada or the United States (except one other Canadian province).\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article explain the origins of the advanced diploma?\",\"answer\":\"It traces the credential’s beginnings to Ontario’s institutes of technology established in the 1940s, using the concept of path dependence.\"},{\"question\":\"What data sources are used to analyze enrolment and graduate outcomes?\",\"answer\":\"Enrolment data come from HEQCO and Ontario Government postings that separate the Ontario College Diploma from the Ontario College Advanced Diploma, and outcome data rely on the Ontario Graduate Outcomes Survey for median earnings six months after graduation.\"}]","The Origin and Evolution of an Anomalous Academic Credential - The Ontario College Advanced Diploma | PDF",1792084236,38]