Preparing for Post-Secondary Education
Subtitle: New Roles for Governments And Families
Contributors: Robert Arthur Sweet (Editor); Paul Anisef (Editor)
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: November 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780773529632
Subjects: Central government policies; Higher & further education; Finance; Higher; Secondary; Education; Education / Teaching; Canada; Education, Higher; Parent Participation; Postsecondary education
Description: "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 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 among parents, the state, and schools are redefining the various players' roles and commitments to the educational futures of Canadian children."--Jacket.