Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer

The Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer (ACAT) is an independent body created in 1974 to facilitate transfer agreements between the various post-secondary institutions in Alberta.[http://collegequarterly.ca/2019-vol22-num02-spring/legal-ethical-and-privacy-issues.html "Legal, Ethical and Privacy Issues Affecting Data Sharing Among Ontario's Higher Education Institutions in Interinstitutional Collaboration"]. College Quarterly. Paula Green and Brian Baumal. Volume 22 • Issue 2 (2019) Alberta was the first province to develop a standard procedure for this process.Glen A. Jones. [https://books.google.com/books?id=trZ-BVsBUPQC&pg=PA90 Higher Education in Canada: Different Systems, Different Perspectives]. Routledge; 25 June 2012. {{ISBN|978-1-136-60121-7}}. p. 86, 90.

The need for ACAT grew particularly in response to the complex situation of students who had attended colleges and wished to transfer their credits in order to attend a university.[https://www.conferenceboard.ca/temp/888aa0c4-9ead-458d-b546-33ead56df00d/6611-SPSE%20Governing%20PSE-RPT.pdf "Governing Post-Secondary Education and Skills in Canada"]. The Conference Board of Canada. page 29. ACAT facilitates the required negotiations between all stakeholders,Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer (ACAT) "About ACAT" retrieved July 24, 2008, http://www.acat.gov.ab.ca/acat_information/acat_information.htm and maintains a database of the articulated courses. In 2000 the council initiated a process to develop a common grading system for Alberta universities.[https://www.voicemagazine.org/2002/12/18/from-my-perspective-a-new-grading-system/ "From My Perspective – A new grading system"]. The Voice, December 18, 2002, Debbie Jabbour

The ACAT course database is accessible to students through its website, and the council has also made an app available.[https://www.macleans.ca/education/college/transferring-credits-between-college-and-university-can-be-rocky/ "Transferring credits between college and university can be rocky"]. Maclean's, by Louise Brown, Nov 28, 2016