Access to and participation in higher education in Canada

Schuetze, H. G. and Archer, W. (2019) Access to and participation in higher education in Canada. In: Archer, W. and Schuetze, H. G. (eds.) Preparing Students for Life and Work: Policies and Reforms Affecting Higher Education's Principal Mission. Brill Sense: Leiden ; Boston, pp. 19-41. ISBN 9789004393066 (doi: 10.1163/9789004393073_002)

Abstract

After a general overview of the main features of the Canadian system of higher education, the authors focus on access to and participation in this system. Although Canada has one of the highest participation rates among OECD countries, there are several groups who are under-represented. Among these are members of the Indigenous population, partly for historical and political reasons, and partly because many of them share features with two other underrepresented groups, i.e. would-be students from rural and sparsely populated areas, and potential students from families with a low socialeconomic background. Discussing barriers to participation such as cost, affordability, student aid and graduate employment, the authors conclude with a call for reforms that will abolish or at least lower present obstacles to successful participation by these groups.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Schuetze, Professor Hans
• Authors: Schuetze, H. G., and Archer, W.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education
• Publisher: Brill Sense
• ISBN: 9789004393066