The goal of this report is to map out the representation of PLAR online through an exploration of publicly funded Ontario college PLAR web pages (if available) or alternative supporting digital documents (i.e. transfer or PLAR guides, policy documents) that describe key features of the PLAR process, such as first steps in application, fees, supports, assessment procedures, and method of credit recognition. While analyzing the content of these web pages, the following research questions guided the analysis: 1) What types of information are available about PLAR on college web pages? 2) How is PLAR conceptualized alongside Credit Transfer?
Rod Missaghian is the Senior Researcher at the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer. Rod received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Waterloo, and has been researching student pathways and the higher education system for the past 8 years. He has published academic papers in such journals as Sociology of Education, and his credit transfer research can be found on the ONCAT website.