Cégep à distance explained

Cégep à distance
Established:1991
City:6300, 16e avenue
Montreal
Province:Quebec
Country:Canada
H1W 2S9
Director:Carole Gaudin
Former Names:Centre collégial de formation à distance (CCFD)
Type:Public
Students:17,000
Language:English, French
Parent:Cégep de Rosemont
Website:http://cegepadistance.ca

Cégep à distance is a distance-education CEGEP that offers services which are complementary to those offered by the CEGEP network. It welcomes a diverse student body, many of whom come from the CEGEP network.

History

Cégep à distance was created in 1991 by the Cégep de Rosemont which had been mandated by the Ministère de l'Éducation to develop a distance education CEGEP. Initially known as the Centre collégial de formation à distance, Cégep à distance adopted its new name in 2002.[1] In 2005, the ministry entrusted it with the mandate to develop distance education for the English-speaking community. Since 2023, Cégep à distance’s English course selection is only available to visiting students with an authorization to study (commandite) from their college.

Mandate

The main function of Cégep à distance is to offer through distance education college-level studies programs that lead to a diploma of collegial studies (DCS/DEC) or to an attestation of collegial studies (ACS/AEC), both inside and outside Québec.[2]

As part of that mandate, Cégep à distance may also fulfils the following functions:

Client groups

Cégep à distance accepts two types of clients:

  1. Admitted students enrol directly at Cégep à distance. These are students who come to Cégep à distance to…
    • Take general education courses (common to all DCSs/DECs) or complementary courses to complete a DCS/DEC
    • Earn prerequisites needed to enter university
    • Earn a DCS/DEC or ACS/AEC to access the job market or make a career change
  2. Visiting students with a signed authorization form (commonly referred to as a commandite) from their college to study at Cégep à distance. Their CEGEP issues a commandite so they can enrol simultaneously at Cégep à distance, usually because one of their courses causes a scheduling conflict or because it is not offered in the current session at their home CEGEP. Cégep à distance works with the other CEGEPs to help their students in their educational pathway and allow them to graduate sooner.

A few facts and figures

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References

  1. Web site: Bulletin Clic – Le Cégep@distance, vous connaissez?. clic.ntic.org. 2015-08-13. French. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174500/http://clic.ntic.org/cgi-bin/aff.pl?page=article&id=1194. dead.
  2. Web site: Cégep à distance – Cégep à distance. 2015-08-13.
  3. Web site: Course Selection Guide – Cégep à distance. 2015-08-13.

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