Preparing for post-secondary education : new roles for governments and families /

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"Based on information from a 1999 Statistics Canada national survey of 34,000 households, Preparing for Post-Secondary Education examines changes to national and international educational funding policies and the relationship between public and private costs. Contributors focus on the role of f...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Sweet, Robert Arthur, 1943-, Anisef, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005.
Series:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Canada > Finance.
Postsecondary education > Canada > Finance.
Education, Higher > Parent participation > Canada.
College students > Canada > Finance, Personal.
Education, Higher > Canada > Costs.
Higher education and state > Canada.
Education savings accounts > Canada.
Students > Canada > Finance, Personal.
Enseignement supérieur > Canada > Finances.
Enseignement postsecondaire > Canada > Finances.
Enseignement supérieur > Participation des parents > Canada.
Étudiants > Canada > Finances personnelles.
Enseignement supérieur > Canada > Coût.
Enseignement supérieur > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
Épargne-études > Canada.
STUDY AIDS > Financial Aid.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > Budgeting.
Students > Finance, Personal
College students > Finance, Personal
Education, Higher > Costs
Education, Higher > Finance
Education, Higher > Parent participation
Education savings accounts
Higher education and state
Postsecondary education > Finance
Eltern
Finanzierung
College
Hochschule
Canada
Kanada
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Changing partnerships : families, schools, and government / Robert Sweet and Paul Anisef
  • Access to post-secondary education : an analytical framework and new evidence on background effects / Ross Finnie
  • Accessibility and student debt : the shift from public to private support in Canada / Stephen Gell and Paul Anisef
  • Paying for a university education : a comparison of public and private study costs in Canada, Australia, and selected European countries / Stephen Bell and Glen A. Jones
  • Financing lifelong learning : the potential and actual role of individual learning accounts / Hans G. Schuetze
  • A revolution of expectations? : three key trends in the SAEP data / Scott Davies
  • Distributing scarce resources : parental investments in their children's post-secondary education / Victor Thiessen and E. Dianne Looker
  • The effects of region and gender on educational planning in Canadian families / Paul Anisef, George Frempong, and Robert Sweet
  • Family structure, child well-being, and post-secondary saving : the effect of social capital on the child's acquisition of human capital / James M. White, Sheila Marshall, and Jamie R. Wood
  • Parental involvement in the creation of home-learning environments : gender and class patterns / Nancy Mandell and Robert Sweet
  • Exploring limits to parents' involvement in homework / Robert Sweet and Nancy Mandell
  • Educational planning in families : issues and future research directions / Paul Anisef and Robert Sweet.

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