Preparing for Post-Secondary Education

by Sweet, Robert Arthur; Anisef, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780773529632
• ISBN10: 0773529632
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780773573178
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr
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Summary

Most Canadian parents have had to assume a larger share of the financial costs of their children's post-secondary education because of declining government funding and changing loans and bursary programs. Preparing for Post-Secondary Education considers the impact of increased private support and the planning strategies parents use based on information from a 1999 Statistics Canada national survey of 34,000 households. The contributors begin by examining changes to national and international educational funding policies and the relationship between public and private costs. They focus on the role of families in marshalling the necessary resources, demonstrating that access to post-secondary education is also determined by social capital. The authors conclude that new partnerships between parents, the state, and schools are redefining the various players' roles and commitments to the educational futures of Canadian children.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Changing Partnerships: Families, Schools, and Governments	3	(14)
Robert Sweet
Paul Anisef
PART ONE ACCESS TO PSE: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COSTS
Access to Post-Secondary Education: An Analytical Framework and New Evidence on Background Effects	17	(38)
Ross Finnie
Accessibility and Student Debt: The Shift from Public to Private Support in Canada	55	(32)
Stephen Bell
Paul Anisef
Paying for a University Education: A Comparison of Public and Private Study Costs in Canada, Australia, and Selected European Countries	87	(39)
Stephen Bell
Glen A. Jones
Financing Lifelong Learning: The Potential and Actual Role of Individual Learning Accounts	126	(23)
Hans G. Schuetze
PART TWO FAMILIES AND PSE PLANNING
A Revolution of Expectations? Three Key Trends in the SAEP Data	149	(17)
Scott Davies
Distributing Scarce Resources: Parental Investment in Their Children's Post-Secondary Education	166	(35)
Victor Thiessen
E. Dianne Looker
The Effects of Region and Gender on Educational Planning in Canadian Families	201	(21)
Paul Anisef
George Frempong
Robert Sweet
Family Structure, Child Well-being, and Post-Secondary Saving: The Effect of Social Capital on the Child's Acquisition of Human Capital	222	(27)
James M. White
Sheila Marshall
Jamie R. Wood
Parental Involvement in the Creation of Home-Learning Environments: Gender and Class Patterns	249	(24)
Nancy Mandell
Robert Sweet
Exploring Limits to Parents' Involvement in Homework	273	(16)
Robert Sweel
Nancy Mandell
Educational Planning in Families: Issues and Future Research Directions	289	(14)
Paul Anisef
Robert Sweel
Index	303