Knowledge of factors affecting access to post-secondary education is growing, but we know much less about influences shaping patterns of study within higher education. This paper explores the impact of gender and parental education on student decisions to study part-time or full-time, to choose college or university, and to enroll in different fields of study. These issues are examined using representative national samples of Canadian students from 1974-75 and 1983-84. We demonstrate that both gender and family education play decisive roles in influencing patterns of participation in higher education and that the effects of family background differ significantly between women and men.Nous connaissons de mieux en mieux les facteurs qui affec...
This paper examines changes in access to higher education in Canada for individuals born in the firs...
This paper uses panel survey data to document the postsecondary educational activity of high school ...
A biographical questionnaire and a scripted interview were administered to a homogeneous group of gr...
Knowledge offactorsaffecting access topost secondary education isgrowing, but we know much less abou...
Females are more likely to attend Canadian universities and their participation rate has been increa...
The decision to attend university is influenced by the balance of the expected returns and costs of ...
Part-time university undergraduate students participation in the Canadian postsecondary education sy...
This paper examines the determinants of the choice of field of study by university students using da...
This paper examines changes in access to higher education in Canada for individuals born in the firs...
As with earlier social disparities in educational achievement, re-enrolment in college education can...
More females than males have been attending Canadian universities over the past decade and this gend...
A study was conducted consisting of all Newfoundland grade eleven high school students who planned o...
peer reviewedThis study aims at investigating influencing factors of achievement in higher education...
There are vast academic literature on why and how students make the decision to choose a specific un...
We use data from the Surveys of Consumer Finance (1975-1993) to examine how postsecondary education ...
This paper examines changes in access to higher education in Canada for individuals born in the firs...
This paper uses panel survey data to document the postsecondary educational activity of high school ...
A biographical questionnaire and a scripted interview were administered to a homogeneous group of gr...
Knowledge offactorsaffecting access topost secondary education isgrowing, but we know much less abou...
Females are more likely to attend Canadian universities and their participation rate has been increa...
The decision to attend university is influenced by the balance of the expected returns and costs of ...
Part-time university undergraduate students participation in the Canadian postsecondary education sy...
This paper examines the determinants of the choice of field of study by university students using da...
This paper examines changes in access to higher education in Canada for individuals born in the firs...
As with earlier social disparities in educational achievement, re-enrolment in college education can...
More females than males have been attending Canadian universities over the past decade and this gend...
A study was conducted consisting of all Newfoundland grade eleven high school students who planned o...
peer reviewedThis study aims at investigating influencing factors of achievement in higher education...
There are vast academic literature on why and how students make the decision to choose a specific un...
We use data from the Surveys of Consumer Finance (1975-1993) to examine how postsecondary education ...
This paper examines changes in access to higher education in Canada for individuals born in the firs...
This paper uses panel survey data to document the postsecondary educational activity of high school ...
A biographical questionnaire and a scripted interview were administered to a homogeneous group of gr...