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A Comprehensive Access Strategy /

23 Mar 2017

Underrepresentation in post-secondary education occurs when the proportion of members of a particular population is less than the proportion of this particular group in the general population.13 In 2014, the provincial government signed Strategic Mandate Agreements (SMAs) with all publicly assisted universities in the province with the intended purpose of connecting institutions to various levels [...] Access to the more granular formats of this data must be restricted to institutions, analysts, and Ministers whose handling of the data are bound by legislation requiring them to access it only for the furtherance of planning, providing financial aid, or 18 John A. Hodson and Julian Kitchen, A Strategy for Change: Supporting Teachings and Improving First Nations, Métis, and Inuit School Success in [...] The need for a system to provide this was acknowledged by all parties in the legislature during the second reading of the Pathways to Post-secondary Excellence Act, which calls for the collection and centralization of program-by-program information related to access, among other areas.24 Such an effort would also be a cost effective way to immediately expand the capacity of guidance staff througho [...] The panel—comprised of institutional planning and research experts and data management professionals selected by the government—should conduct an investigation and audit of current data gaps in the sector, particularly as they relate to underrepresented groups and their pathways to education. [...] With equal opportunity to take advantage of financial assistance programs, information sets and perceptions of the costs and benefits of post-secondary education (university in particular) greatly affect students’ decisions to attend.43 When parents are uninformed, they may not have a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities available to help them provide for their children’s education or
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Pages
28
Published in
Toronto, ON, CA

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