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Pursuing Higher Education in Canada: Economic, Social and Policy DimensionsEconomic, Social and Policy Dimensions |
A helpful study of pertinent issues relating to university education.
Higher education is a life-changing event for many individual Canadians and is vital to the economic prosperity of the nation as a whole. Pursuing Higher Education in Canada provides answers to important questions such as who attends the country's colleges and universities, and why? What happens after students begin their study, and what factors lead to the outcomes observed? Empirical evidence is foundational for informed public discussion and policy making and the papers in this volume shed new light on these important aspects of post-secondary education in Canada. They comprise rigorous - yet accessible - information that is presented and interpreted in a clear policy context.
Aboriginal and immigrant access, student financial aid, gender gaps, the impacts of economic cycles, high school and university grades, home environment and family habits, and other topics related to post-secondary participation are addressed. This book is useful for policy makers, students, faculty, and anyone interested in the the most important issues concerning post-secondary education.
Aboriginal and immigrant access, student financial aid, gender gaps, the impacts of economic cycles, high school and university grades, home environment and family habits, and other topics related to post-secondary participation are addressed. This book is useful for policy makers, students, faculty, and anyone interested in the the most important issues concerning post-secondary education.
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Part of the Queen's Policy Studies Series (number 142 in series)
300 Pages, 6 x 9
Queen's Policy Studies Series - School of Policy Studies
ISBN 9781553392774
March 2010
Formats: Paperback, Cloth
Ross Finnie is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.
Marc Frenette is acting director of the Social Analysis Division at Statistics Canada.
Richard E. Mueller is an associate professor in the Department of Economics, University of Lethbridge.
Arthur Sweetman is a professor in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University.
Marc Frenette is acting director of the Social Analysis Division at Statistics Canada.
Richard E. Mueller is an associate professor in the Department of Economics, University of Lethbridge.
Arthur Sweetman is a professor in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University.
Acknowledgements vii
1 Introduction: Deepening Our Understanding of Young
Canadians’ Participation in Post-Secondary Education
Marc Frenette, Richard E. Mueller, and Arthur Sweetman 1
I TRANSITIONING FROM SECONDARY TO
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
2 “I Lost My Scholarship”: Changes in Grades from
High School to First Year University
Ross Finnie and Felice Martinello 15
3 Gender Differences in High School Grades:
Causes and Possible Impacts on the University
Gender Gap
Torben Drewes 43
4 Teachers, Books, or Mortar? High School Resources
and Educational Outcomes in Canada
Kathleen Day 65
5 Dropping Out and Bouncing Back: New Evidence on
High School Dynamics in Canada
Ross Finnie, Christine Laporte, and Arthur Sweetman 91
II ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND THE DECISION
TO PURSUE MORE SCHOOLING
6 Natural Resource Shocks, Labour Market Conditions,
and Post-Secondary Enrolment Rates
Christine Neill and Michal Burdzy 121
7 Are Economic Returns to Schooling Different for
Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal People?
Marc Frenette 151
III ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT
8 What Explains the Educational Attainment Gap
between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youth?
Marc Frenette 175
9 They Came, They Saw, They Enrolled: Access to
Post-Secondary Education by the Children of
Canadian Immigrants
Ross Finnie and Richard E. Mueller 191
IV EARLY INFLUENCES IN THE PATHWAYS TO
HIGHER EDUCATION
10 The Impact of Family Background and Cognitive and
Non-Cognitive Ability in Childhood on
Post-Secondary Education
Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan 219
11 Family Environment, Family Habits, and Children’s
Cultural Experiences: Is There a Link to Participation
in Post-Secondary Education?
Stephen Childs, Ross Finnie, and Richard E. Mueller 243
12 Can I Get There from Here? Canadian Rural-Urban
Participation Rates in Post-Secondary Education
E. Dianne Looker 269
About the Authors 293
1 Introduction: Deepening Our Understanding of Young
Canadians’ Participation in Post-Secondary Education
Marc Frenette, Richard E. Mueller, and Arthur Sweetman 1
I TRANSITIONING FROM SECONDARY TO
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
2 “I Lost My Scholarship”: Changes in Grades from
High School to First Year University
Ross Finnie and Felice Martinello 15
3 Gender Differences in High School Grades:
Causes and Possible Impacts on the University
Gender Gap
Torben Drewes 43
4 Teachers, Books, or Mortar? High School Resources
and Educational Outcomes in Canada
Kathleen Day 65
5 Dropping Out and Bouncing Back: New Evidence on
High School Dynamics in Canada
Ross Finnie, Christine Laporte, and Arthur Sweetman 91
II ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND THE DECISION
TO PURSUE MORE SCHOOLING
6 Natural Resource Shocks, Labour Market Conditions,
and Post-Secondary Enrolment Rates
Christine Neill and Michal Burdzy 121
7 Are Economic Returns to Schooling Different for
Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal People?
Marc Frenette 151
III ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT
8 What Explains the Educational Attainment Gap
between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youth?
Marc Frenette 175
9 They Came, They Saw, They Enrolled: Access to
Post-Secondary Education by the Children of
Canadian Immigrants
Ross Finnie and Richard E. Mueller 191
IV EARLY INFLUENCES IN THE PATHWAYS TO
HIGHER EDUCATION
10 The Impact of Family Background and Cognitive and
Non-Cognitive Ability in Childhood on
Post-Secondary Education
Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan 219
11 Family Environment, Family Habits, and Children’s
Cultural Experiences: Is There a Link to Participation
in Post-Secondary Education?
Stephen Childs, Ross Finnie, and Richard E. Mueller 243
12 Can I Get There from Here? Canadian Rural-Urban
Participation Rates in Post-Secondary Education
E. Dianne Looker 269
About the Authors 293
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