Mount Royal College’s College-Wide Learning Outcomes Initiative: Developing Transferable Skills for Workplace Success and Continuous Learning

In 1997–98, Mount Royal College went about identifying institution-wide learning outcomes to better position itself to serve its community of learners, which includes many university transfer students.

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The context for all of these development initiatives is Mount Royal’s Vision 2005 document containing the College’s mission statement and outlining its strategic priorities. Employability skills development lies at the heart of the mission statement: it is the link that connects the College’s commitment to meeting students’ and the community’s changing needs—for personal, intellectual and social education—with the College’s mandate to provide applied education and training to meet the changing market needs.

This case study looks at the:

• objectives;
• activities;
• resources;
• achievements.
• benefits;
• key requirements; and
• greatest challenges.