A Study on The Operation Mechanism of Canada's Provincial Degree Authorization Review System: A Case Study of British Columbia

Degree authorization review plays an important role in regulating the higher education market and effectively ensuring the quality of higher education. Influenced by the decentralized governance of higher education, each province in Canada independently carries out degree authorization review work, among which the provincial government plays a leading role in degree authorization, thus forming a "provincial government-major colleges and universities" authorization review management framework. Within the national unified standard framework, each province has formulated corresponding authorization review standards according to actual conditions. As one of the provinces with the highest level of higher education in the country, British Columbia has established a relatively mature degree authorization review system. By exploring the power allocation and operation mechanism of the main bodies in the degree authorization review system of British Columbia, the characteristics of the degree authorization review system in the province are summarized as follows. Firstly, the connotation and boundary of degree authorization review have to be clarified under the premise of following the law. Secondly, the power and responsibility system of degree authorization review urgently needs to be built scientifically. Lastly, the participation of relevant stakeholders ought to be effectively mobilized for jointly promoting the degree authorization review.