Master of Business Administration (Financial Services)

The Commission aims to assist institutions and governments in enhancing the postsecondarylearning environment through the following nine objectives:1. Provide assurances that programs developed by institutions within the MPHEC’sscope meet agreed-upon quality criteria.2. Confirm that institutions within the MPHEC’s scope have appropriate policies andpractices to ensure the ongoing quality of their programs.3. Facilitate and promote cost-effectiveness of, and accessibility to, the broadest rangepossible of programs.4. Collect, store and maintain quality, comprehensive and relevant information acrossall mandated functions.5. Devise data and information products providing stakeholders with value, across allmandated functions, especially related to key post-secondary education issues.6. Increase awareness of, and dialogue on, Maritime Post-Secondary Education (PSE)issues and opportunities, both in the Maritimes and nationally.7. Promote and facilitate cooperation within the Maritimes and with other provincesand external partners to, among other things, facilitate, among institutions and amonggovernments for example, the development of cost-effective and collaborativeapproaches to PSE administration, programs and policies.8. Provide advice and services to the provinces, as requested.9. Ensure the effective and efficient management of Commission resources (corporateobjective).All of the Commission’s activities and initiatives fall under one of these objectives. Incarrying out its main functions (quality assurance, data and information, cooperativeaction, regional programs, and providing specific services to one or more provinces orinstitutions as agreed to by the Ministers), the Commission focuses primarily onuniversity education.There are currently eighteen post-secondary institutions within the scope of the MPHEC,sixteen of which are publicly-funded universities. Of these sixteen, two (Cape BretonUniversity and Nova Scotia Agricultural College) also offer college-level or technologybasedcertificate and diploma programs in addition to degree programs. The remainingtwo institutions (Holland College in Prince Edward Island and the Maritime College ofForest Technology in New Brunswick) offer primarily non-degree programs (HollandCollege can, and does, grant applied degrees).As an agency of the Council of Maritime Premiers the Commission serves a number ofstakeholders from across the region, including 16 publicly funded institutions offeringuniversity degree programs, two specialized applied arts and technology post-secondaryinstitutions, the Ministers responsible for Post-Secondary Education in the Maritimes,and the public-at-large (includes students). Stakeholders:Government:Council of Atlantic Premiers291