Key Performance Indicators

One important part of Institutional Research involves the collection, analysis and distribution of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) results. The Ontario Government launched the KPI initiative in 1998. All Ontario colleges are required to participate. The main purpose of the initiative is to foster continuous improvements and to make colleges more accountable to students and employers. There are five KPIs: graduate employment, graduate satisfaction, employer satisfaction, student satisfaction and graduation rate.

The KPI satisfaction ratings and the graduate employment rate are determined through surveys and the results are tabulated and released in the spring. The graduation rate is calculated by each college and it is based on the percentage of students who successfully complete the programs they began. A portion of the funding that colleges receive from the provincial government is based on their results in the graduate employment, graduate satisfaction and employer satisfaction surveys.

Overall Durham College results for reporting year 2007/08 are as follows:

For additional information on KPIs, please visit the Durham College Web site.

For information on Durham College Graduate Employment Report, please visit the Durham College Web site. 

For results from other colleges, please visit the Colleges Ontario Web site.