File:PLAR Masters benchmark Full Version.pdf

Summary

The following paper (of 50 pages) is the Full Version of the report on "Credit Transfer for Open/Online Graduate Programs", completed in response to a request in 2016 from Thompson Rivers University, Canada, for a study on the topic of "Residency Requirements for Graduate Programs", taking a global perspective on the matter across a range of countries seen as relevant to the Canadian situation.

This Full Report was accompanied by a separate Annex consisting of a series of detailed reports on countries (or groups of countries) and institutional practices, including for specific programs.

The Concise Version of the report was presented as the "PLAR Benchmark Report Executive Summary" to the March 2018 meeting of the Planning Council for Open Learning (item 4.a) along with the Full Report and a Briefing Memorandum from a senior TRU staff member contextualising the Report to the situation in the university, the province and Canada.

The document that follows this Author’s Note is the Full Version. It, the Concise Version, the Briefing Memorandum, and the Minutes of the Meeting of the Planning Council can be found in the 83-page public document at https://www.tru.ca/__shared/assets/2018-03- 12PCOLagenda29801.pdf

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