Preparing for post-secondary education : new roles for governments and families /
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| Imprint: | Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005. |
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| Description: | ix, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5779944 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Changing partnerships : families, schools, and governments / Robert Sweet and Paul Anisef
- 2. Access to post-secondary education : an analytical framework and new evidence on background effects / Ross Finnie
- 3. Accessibility and student debt : the shift from public to private support in Canada / Stephen Bell and Paul Anisef
- 4. Paying for a university education : a comparison of public and private study costs in Canada, Australia, and selected European countries / Stephen Bell and Glen A. Jones
- 5. Financing lifelong learning : the potential and actual role of individual learning accounts / Hans G. Schuetze
- 6. A revolution of expectations? : three key trends in the SAEP data / Scott Davies
- 7. Distributing scarce resources : parental investment in their children's post-secondary education / Victor Thiessen and E. Dianne Looker
- 8. The effects of region and gender on educational planning in Canadian families / Paul Anisef, George Frempong and Robert Sweet
- 9. Family structure, child well-being, and post-secondary saving : the effect of social capital on the child's acquisition of human capital / James W. White, Sheila Marshall and Jamie R. Wood
- 10. Parental involvement in the creation of home-learning environments : gender and class patterns / Nancy Mandell and Robert Sweet
- 11. Exploring limits to parents' involvement in homework / Robert Sweet and Nancy Mandell
- 12. Educational planning in families : issues and future research directions / Paul Anisef and Robert Sweet.