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The following is an unsolicited external assessment that validates Fanshawe’s student success policies,
practices, and outcomes.
A team of doctoral student and professor researchers from the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education (OISE) interviewed nearly 300 student affairs and services staff from 9
universities and 5 colleges across Ontario, hoping to better understand how the province's
postsecondary institutions organize to support student success.
The group visited Fanshawe College from February 13 to 15, 2012 and they had positive feedback. Here
is a selection of comments taken from the OISE team's blog
(http://supportingstudentsuccess.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/site‐visit‐5‐fanshawe‐college/):
"Instantly upon our arrival we felt welcomed."
"During our interviews with students, staff, faculty, and administrators we learned about the
innovative and supportive programs that make Fanshawe College unique."
"Students highlighted many of their experiences in the programs mentioned above, but also
commented on the positive role their peers have on their educational success."
"From our conversations with various administrators, faculty, and staff we could sense that
Fanshawe is a student‐focused institution, where students are at the center of the institution and
where everyone strives to provide the best opportunities to their students."
"It was a pleasure visiting Fanshawe College, and our visit gave us the opportunity to meet with
a range of passionate individuals working together to make Fanshawe an institution devoted to
supporting student success."
The researchers, who have the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada (SSHRC), will be including information from their Fanshawe visit in a report for the Higher
Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO).
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