Why do so many students mismatch when choosing a college? A plausible hypothesis is a lack of information about the … admissions policies mitigate academic undermatch and promote academic overmatch by providing some students with admissions … priori admissions information can vastly improve minority access to college quality by encouraging eligible students to apply …

The contradiction between individual and socially preferable university strategies towards underachieving students is …

disposable income per capita and other variables that capture a student’s opportunity cost. Our model has a number of novel … speaking, male applicants tend to be more price sensitive than females and tend to exhibit stronger income effects. Students … applying from high school do not object to paying for a quality education, whereas ‘other’ students tend to be more …

Australia. It seeks to identify stresses and challenges to this sector in Canada. The study also seeks to offer possible lessons … for the direction of higher education policy in Australia and to raise concerns for the direction in Canada. The focus of … examines some background influences on the higher education sector in both Australia and Canada. Section 5 then raises concerns …

Collection of data on academic outcomes among Indigenous students is a necessary step towards bridging the education … gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous students, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Measuring … Student Outcomes: The Case for Identifying Indigenous Students in Canada's PISA Sample,” authors John Richards and Parisa …

Cameron; Danielle Jeddore; Alana Lee; Garett Murray; Julie Puiras Background: Aboriginal students face numerous barriers upon … leaving their communities and attending post-secondary institutions. Many Aboriginal students are ill-prepared to succeed at … affordability present difficulties, and throughout university the students often face racism and discrimination from peers …