Preparing for post-secondary education [[electronic resource] ] : new roles for governments and families / / edited by Robert Sweet and Paul Anisef

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454180303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005
• ISBN: 1-282-86378-9; 9786612863783; 0-7735-7317-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SweetRobert Arthur <1943->; AnisefPaul
• Disciplina: 378.3/8/0971
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - Canada - Finance; Postsecondary education - Canada - Finance; Education, Higher - Parent participation - Canada; College students - Canada - Finance, Personal; Education, Higher - Canada - Costs; Higher education and state - Canada; Education savings accounts - Canada; Enseignement supérieur - Canada - Finances; Enseignement postsecondaire - Canada - Finances; Enseignement supérieur - Participation des parents - Canada; Étudiants - Canada - Finances personnelles; Enseignement supérieur - Canada - Coût; Enseignement supérieur - Politique gouvernementale - Canada; Épargne-études - Canada; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Changing Partnerships: Families, Schools, and Governments; PART ONE: ACCESS TO PSE: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COSTS; PART TWO: FAMILIES AND PSE ; PLANNING; Index; 2 Access to Post-Secondary Education: An Analytical Framework and New Evidence on Background Effects; 3 Accessibility and Student Debt: The Shift from Public to Private Support in Canada; 4 Paying for a University Education: A Comparison of Public and Private Study Costs in Canada, Australia, and Selected European Countries; 5 Financing Lifelong Learning: The Potential and Actual Role of Individual Learning Accounts 6 A Revolution of Expectations? Three Key Trends in the SAEP Data; 7 Distributing Scarce Resources: Parental Investment in Their Children's Post-Secondary Education; 8 The Effects of Region and Gender on Educational Planning in Canadian Families; 9 Family Structure, Child Well-being, and Post-Secondary Saving: The Effect of Social Capital on the Child's Acquisition of Human Capital; 10 Parental Involvement in the Creation of Home-Learning Environments: Gender and Class Patterns; 11 Exploring Limits to Parents' Involvement in Homework12 Educational Planning in Families: Issues and Future Research Directions; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; P; R; S; T; U