Foreword

The Literacy and Basic Skills College Sector Committee and the Project Consultants, Bainbridge & Associates Ltd., would like to thank the National Literacy Secretariat and the Workplace Preparation Branch of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities for providing the funding which made this research possible.

We would like to thank the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO) for their support and advice throughout the project. We would particularly like to express our appreciation for the opportunities to make presentations to the Committee of Presidents in November 1999 and at the ACAATO conference in February 2000.

We would also like to acknowledge the considerable commitment made by the preparatory Program Managers and the Registrars of the colleges who participated in the data collection: Boreal, Cambrian, Canadore, Conestoga, Durham, Loyalist, Mohawk, Niagara, Sheridan and St. Clair.

All of the charts have been included as appendices in order to facilitate the production of overheads that Program Managers might find of assistance in making presentations within the college or the community. It is hoped this report provides important information that all colleges can use to inform stakeholders of the value of college preparatory programming.