Annual Report
Find out how ACAT is meeting its learner pathway priorities
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ACAT Highlights
While ACAT awaits next steps following completion of the Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs review of post-secondary education, including regarding learner pathways and transferability, ACAT's work for learner pathways and mobility continues. This work is being led by the ACAT Secretariat in Advanced Education and institutions/stakeholders, and guided by the priorities outlined in ACAT's 2017-19 Action Plan and an internal ACAT Secretariat performance plan that is updated annually.
Given this context, ACAT’s annual reporting for key items can be found within Alberta Advanced Education’s Annual Reports for 2019/20, 2018/19, 2017/18, and 2016/17. For previous years, ACAT’s reporting can be found in ACAT Annual Reports, including for 2015/16 below.
2019-20
For highlights for ACAT’s 2019/20 Annual Report, please see Alberta Advanced Education Annual Report 2019/20, with a focus on the following sections:
- Increase awareness of the value of skilled trades and encourage Albertans to pursue apprenticeship education to meet labour market demands - Dual Credit (Key Objective 1.2, page 15)
- Heighten transparency and accountability for outcomes through enhanced collection, analysis and dissemination of data - Transfer Credit Awarded Pilot (Key Objective 2.2, page 22)
2018-19
For highlights for ACAT’s 2018/19 Annual Report, please see Alberta Advanced Education Annual Report 2018/19, with a focus on the following sections:
- Dual Credit and Dual Credit Access (Key Strategy 1.1, pages 9-10)
- Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer Website and Mobile app (Key Strategy 2.2, page 43)
- Review of Agencies, Boards and Commissions (Key Strategy 3.1, page 61)
- Learner Pathways in Alberta, Learner Pathways Modernization Initiative, Dual Credit and Transfer Alberta, Key Innovations for Learner Pathways (Key Strategy 3.3, pages 64-65)
- Percentage of students entering post-secondary programs (including apprenticeship) within ten years of entering grade 10 (Performance Measure 1.a, page 23).
- Percentage of post-secondary transfer graduates satisfied with the transfer credit received (biennial survey) (Performance Measure 3.a, pages 68-69).
2017-18
For highlights for ACAT’s 2017/18 Annual Report, please see Alberta Advanced Education Annual Report 2017/18 , with a focus on the following sections:
- High School Transitions Module and Support for Dual Credit (Key Strategy 1.1, pages 12-13)
- Access to Data through the Alberta Learner Pathways System (Key Strategy 2.3, page 29)
- Review of Agencies, Boards and Commissions (Key Strategy 3.1, page 38)
- Learner Pathways Modernization Initiative and the Alberta Learner Pathways System, Transfer and Pathways System Modernization, and Key Innovations for Learner Pathways System Tools (Key Strategy 3.4, pages 41-42)
- Percentage of Post-secondary Transfer Graduates Satisfied with the Transfer Credit the Received (Performance Measure 3.a, page 43).
2016-17
For highlights for ACAT’s 2016/17 Annual Report, please see Alberta Advanced Education Annual Report 2016/17, with a focus on the following sections:
- Review of Agencies, Boards and Commissions (Key Strategy 1.3, page 11)
- Alberta’s Learner Pathways System and Information Sharing (Key Strategy 2.4, page 22)
- Learner Pathways Modernization Initiative Collaboration and Access, Student Mobility, Provincial Dual Credit Strategy (Key Strategy 3.4, pages 29-30)
- Percentage of Post-secondary Transfer Graduates Satisfied with the Transfer Credit the Received (Performance Measure 3.d, page 36).
2015-16
Download the 2015-16 Annual Report.
Archived annual reports are also available upon request