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Title: Is Post-secondary Access More Equitable in Canada or the United States?
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Frenette, Marc |
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Is Post-secondary Access More Equitable in Canada or the United States? Working Paper 11F0019MIE No. 244, Statistics Canada, March 2005. Also: http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/11F0019MIE/11F0019MIE2005244.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Statistics Canada Keyword(s): Family Background and Culture; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mobility, Social; Schooling, Post-secondary This comparative study investigates the role of family background characteristics in post-secondary access in Canada and the United States. Given that post-secondary schooling is funded very differently in the two countries, family background may play substantively different roles. The findings suggest that university-going is less common among lower-income students and members of a visible minority group in the U.S. than among their Canadian counterparts. Some possible reasons are discussed. This comparative study investigates the role of family background characteristics in post-secondary access in Canada and the United States. Given that post-secondary schooling is funded very differently in the two countries, family background may play substantively different roles. The findings suggest that university-going is less common among lower-income students and members of a visible minority group in the U.S. than among their Canadian counterparts. Some possible reasons are discussed. |
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Frenette, Marc. "Is Post-secondary Access More Equitable in Canada or the United States?." Working Paper 11F0019MIE No. 244, Statistics Canada, March 2005. |