Here is what the Globe and Mail had to say:
"Faced with scathing criticism of its failure to protect students from fly-by-night operators, Ontario is promising to increase its regulation of private career colleges with new fines, better information for the public and more inspectors.
The measures, to take effect Nov. 1, follow a blistering report by the provincial Ombudsman this summer that examined the inspection of Ontario's more than 500 private colleges, calling its approach to enforcement an "unmitigated disaster."
The new powers will allow inspectors to levy fines for the first time against bogus operators, with penalties ranging from $250 to $250,000. The province also renewed its pledge to increase to 12 the number of inspectors by year's end, up from four in 2004."
However, what caught my attention was this quote tucked at the bottom of the article:
At the time of his report, the Ombudsman criticized the provincial information system for private colleges. "You have to be Sherlock Holmes to find out the information you need about a college," he said.
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Here is a link to the Ombudsman report referenced in the article with some details:
The Ombudsman recommended that Cambrian College, based in Sudbury, compensate students who attended its two-year Health Information Management program, only to discover they were unqualified for the lucrative jobs the college had touted. Unlike similar programs at other Ontario colleges, Cambrian’s was never recognized by the national association that controls entry into the profession. As a result, the students could not write the certification exam or secure the kind of work in the hospital records sector that Cambrian showcased in its recruitment literature.
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