Who goes? Who stays? What matters? : accessing and persisting in post-secondary education in Canada / edited by Ross Finnie ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finnie, Ross.

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

College attendance--Canada.

College attendance.

College students--Canada--Economic conditions.

College students.

College students--Canada--Social conditions.

Postsecondary education--Canada.

Postsecondary education.

College attendance--Canada--Statistics.

Statistics.

Social conditions.

Economic conditions.

Canada.

Physical Description:

viii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Ont. : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, 2008.

Language Note:

In English, abstracts also in French.

Summary:

Access to post-secondary education in Canada is controversial, and the roles of factors such as student financial aid, family background, and personal aspirations remain insufficiently understood. Persistence towards graduation is even more enigmatic. Beginning with three broad overview chapters and continuing with a series of analyses on particular elements of the access and persistence dynamic, Who Goes? Who Stays? What Matters? addresses choice, opportunity, and barriers - including financial ones - related to post-secondary participation. Contributors provide compelling insights into factors that begin to operate long before students reach the end of high school, and demonstrate the necessity of adopting policy initiatives that start early and go beyond simply making schooling affordable.

With a strong empirical emphasis and based primarily on Statistics Canada's Youth in Transition Survey, the studies in this collection make an important contribution that will inform policy discussion and decision-making in years to come.

Contents:

I Introduction and Background

1 Introduction: A Framework for Thinking about Participation in Post-Secondary Education / Ross Finnie, Arthur Sweetman, Alex Usher 3

2 Access and Persistence of Students in Canadian Post-Secondary Education: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and Why It Matters / Richard E. Mueller 33

3 The Youth in Transition Survey: Following Canadian Youth through Time / Anne Motte, Hanqing Theresa Qiu, Yan Zhang, Patrick Bussiře 63

II Access

4 The Backgrounds of Canadian Youth and Access to Post-Secondary Education: New Evidence from the Youth in Transition Survey / Ross Finnie, Richard E. Mueller 79

5 The Evolution of Aspirations for University Attendance / Louis N. Christofides, Michael Hoy, Zhi (Jane) Li, Thanasis Stengos 109

6 Understanding the Gender Gap in University Attendance: Evidence Based on Academic Performance, Study Habits, and Parental Influences / Marc Frenette, Klarka Zeman 135

7 The Effect of School and Non-School Activities on High School Performance in Canada / Jorgen Hansen 153

III Persistence

8 Is the Glass (or Classroom) Half-Empty or Nearly Full? New Evidence on Persistence in Post-Secondary Education in Canada / Ross Finnie, Hanqing Theresa Qiu 179

9 Transitions and Adjustments in Students' Post-Secondary Education / Felice Martinello 209

10 University Attainment, Student Loans, and Adult Life Course Activities: A Fifteen-Year Portrait of Young Adults in British Columbia / Lesley Andres, Maria Adamuti-Trache 239

IV Financial Issues

11 Why Are Lower-Income Students Less Likely to Attend University? Evidence from Academic Abilities, Parental Influences, and Financial Constraints / Marc Frenette 279

12 How Is Variation in Tuition across Canadian Provinces Related to University Participation in the Youth in Transition Survey? / David Johnson 299

13 A Tangled Web: The Relationship between Persistence and Financial Aid / Kathleen Day 327

14 Family Income, Access to Post-Secondary Education and Student Grants: Why Equal Access Requires More Than Loans / Lorne Carmichael, Ross Finnie 347.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781553392224

1553392221

9781553392217

1553392213

OCLC:

229034576