A university college is a federated or affiliated academic university institution of a larger public university (often referred to as the "parent" campus). Federated and affiliated colleges have existed in Ontario, Canada, for over a century.[1] The establishment of these institutions came from Christian religious groups. There are a total of 16 such university colleges in Ontario.
University colleges share a number of characteristics:
- Focus on undergraduate studies in the liberal arts and post-degree professional programs in the helping professions (i.e. social work, teaching, etc.)
- Experiential learning opportunities and student life rooted in altruism and social justice
- Residence for students who wish to live on campus
- A smaller campus community within a greater campus community (this experience is often advertised as the "best of both worlds")
- Small class sizes
- Student services and resources exclusively for those students for whom the university college is their home campus, referred to as "co-registration" due to simultaneous access to services of parent campus
Affiliated versus federated university colleges
"Affiliated" and "federated" are often used interchangeably when describing a university college, but they have somewhat different legal relationship with the parent campus. For example, affiliated university colleges typically suspend their degree-granting powers so their students are able to officially earn their degree from the “parent” institution. [2] A federated university college differs in that, although it is a type of affiliation, it is where "two or more institutions come together to create a new university that is recognized by civic authorities and is eligible for government funding" (MacDonald, 2016).[3]
List of Ontario university colleges
| Public university | Affiliated or federated institution | Year of affiliation or federation | Religious heritage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock University | Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary | 1976 | Lutheran |
| McMaster University | McMaster Divinity College | 1957 | Baptist |
| Queen’s University | Queen's Theological College (now Queen’s School of Religion) | 1912 | United |
| University of Toronto | Emmanuel College | 1925 | United |
| Knox College | 1890 | Presbyterian | |
| Regis College | 1978 | Catholic | |
| St. Augustine’s Seminary | 1978 | Catholic | |
| Toronto School of Theology | 1979 | Multiple | |
| Wycliffe College | 1885 | Anglican | |
| University of Windsor | Assumption University | 1919 (Western), 1963 (Windsor) | Catholic |
| Canterbury College | 1957 (Assumption), 1963 (Windsor) | Anglican | |
| Iona College | 1963 | United | |
| Western University | St. Peter’s Seminary | 1912 | Catholic |
| Wilfrid Laurier University | Martin Luther University College | 1914 | Lutheran |
| Note: Some theological institutions are affiliated with another affiliated institution, which in turn is affiliated with a publicly supported university.[5] | |||
References
- ^ David Trick, Affiliated and Federated Universities as Sources of University Differentiation (Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2015).
- ^ MacDonald, Moira (January 13, 2016). "Federated and affiliated colleges: different but (mainly) equal".
- ^ MacDonald, Moira (January 13, 2016). "Federated and affiliated colleges: different but (mainly) equal".
- ^ Trick, Table 1, p. 8.
- ^ Trick, Table 2, p. 9.
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