The Revolutionary Potential of the Ontario Education Number

"Today, we are on the cusp of opening up another, powerful new data set... with revolutionary potential for our understanding and stewardship of the system, and for improving student outcomes," writes Martin Hicks for the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario. Hicks highlights the Ontario Education Number, a unique identifier assigned to each student, as a new way to help researchers and policymakers "assemble a tapestry of information about the many journeys into, through and beyond higher education." Comparing the OEN to the creation of institutional Key Performance Indicators, Hicks concludes that the OEN could herald a new era in higher education quality in ON.

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