Cultural Security in Post-Secondary Education: The Case of the Kiuna Institution

Journal of Perseverance and Academic Achievement for First Peoples, vol. 2, 2016Comprend des références bibliographiquesDisponible en français dans EDUQ.info sous le titre "La sécurité culturelle au niveau postsecondaire : le cas de l’Institution Kiuna

Post-secondary education with special reference to MATSEC English

This paper takes as its point of departure the Report of the Working Group on the Future of Post-Secondary Education (2017) and following a brief overview of the institutions that provide education at this level, turns the spotlight onto the two state institutions that provide education at post-secondary level. Their characteristics and the challenges that they face are expounded on and recommendations made are revisited in light of this analysis. The discussion is informed by data collected during focus group meetings with teachers and students. Prior to this Report, the post-secondary landscape had been relatively unchanged for several years, and a major overhaul was proposed one that factored in among several other considerations, the divide between the academic and the vocational streams. The paper briefly analyses the Matriculation Certificate Reform (2019) and questions the extent to which this reform has adopted recommendations made for the post-secondary sector in the 2017 report.peer-reviewe

Reviewing Canadian Post-Secondary Education: Post-Secondary Education Policy in Post-Industrial Canada

Since 2004, a number of Canadian provinces have initiated comprehensive reviews of their respective public post-secondary education systems. This paper examines the ways in which these provincial post-secondary education reviews are consistent with the pervasive influence of economic globalization on higher education and a more market- driven and commercially-oriented ideological outlook on post-secondary education’s raison d'être. Taken together, these provincial reviews provide an informative and interesting repository of the current tendencies in Canadian post-secondary education policy.

Report Number 2 of the Coalition for the Concerns of Blacks in Post- Secondary Education in South Carolina

During the 1976-77 academic year, the Coalition for the Concerns of Blacks in Post-Secondary Education in South Carolina conducted a series of seven “grass-roots” community meetings across the State where humanist-scholars, educators, lay citizens, and students interacted on critical issues in education facing them. Thus, the recommendations found in this report and as presented to the South Carolina 1202 Commission are the culmination of these seven seminars. Statistics provided include enrollment, faculty and employment, and library data

Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Can Ability Bias Explain the Earnings Gap Between College and University Graduates?

Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Can Ability Bias Explain the Earnings Gap Between College and University Graduates? Using the Canadian General Social Survey we compute returns to post-secondary education relative to high-school. Unlike previous research using Canadian data, our dataset allows us to control for ability selection into higher education. We find strong evidence of positive ability selection into all levels of post-secondary education for men and weaker positive selection for women. Since the ability selection is stronger for higher levels of education, particularly for university, the difference in returns between university and college or trades education decreases slightly after accounting for ability bias. However, a puzzling large gap persists, with university-educated men still earning over 20% more than men with college or trades education. Moreover, contrary to previous Canadian literature that reports higher returns for women, we document that the OLS hourly wage returns to university education are the same for men and women. OLS returns are higher for women only if weekly or yearly wages are considered instead, because university-educated women work more hours than the average. Nevertheless, once we account for ability selection into post-secondary education, we generally find higher returns for women than for men for all wage measures as a result of the stronger ability selection for men.returns to university, returns to college, returns to trades, unobserved ability, selection bias

Determinants of Post-Secondary Education Attainment

This paper uses high school longitudinal dataset to address a central question: What are the factors determining whether a student decides to enroll in post-secondary education, particularly 4-year Bachelor’s degree programs? Employing a Probit empirical design, this study measures the probability of a student attending both post-secondary education and specifically Bachelorette programs when considering an array of student- and parent-specific independent variables. The results highlight the importance of family influence on a student’s PSE outcome, most notably parental expectation. Further analysis also indicates that students with PSE inclinations experience larger effects across all variables. The findings of this paper suggest policy-makers to focus on fostering a pro-PSE culture for low socioeconomic families at minority communities

Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics

In this manuscript, I introduce and describe the work of mathematicians and mathematics educators in the group Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSE Math or TPSE, pronounced "tipsy", for short). TPSE aims to coordinate and drive constructive change in education in the mathematical sciences at two-year colleges, four-year colleges, and universities across the nation. It seeks to build on the successes of the entire mathematical sciences community. This manuscript reviews the events that led to the founding of TPSE Math and articulates its vision and mission. In its first phase with national events, TPSE found broad consensus with the mathematical sciences community on the challenges facing the community. Learning from educational transformations experiences in other scientific fields, and with the support of the Mathematical Advisory Group of 34 mathematical sciences department chairs and leaders, TPSE moves into a second phase focused on action. This is a snapshot in time, and TPSE's ongoing activities will continue to be documented and disseminated. The piece concludes with a reflection of the impact that my involvement in this work has had on my career.Comment: 17 page

Towards Free Post-Secondary Education?

The adverse reaction to the Economic Council's proposal last year to increase tuition fees for higher education was not surprising. Students in post-secondary institutions, and the families of which they are part, comprise a significant and growing proportion of the Canadian population. Recent growth in enrolment in post-secondary institutions has been dramatic. This article will go on to explain the numerous factors that account for these changes and will also direct a number of critical but largely unresolved questions that these fundamental changes have also given rise to.

Media Usage in Post-Secondary Education and Implications for Teaching and Learning

The Web 2.0 has permeated academic life. The use of online information services in post-secondary education has led to dramatic changes in faculty teaching methods as well as in the learning and study behavior of students. At the same time, traditional information media, such as textbooks and printed handouts, still form the basic pillars of teaching and learning. This paper reports the results of a survey about media usage in teaching and learning conducted with Western University students and instructors, highlighting trends in the usage of new and traditional media in higher education by instructors and students. In addition, the survey comprises part of an international research program in which 20 universities from 10 countries are currently participating. Further, the study will hopefully become a part of the ongoing discussion of practices and policies that purport to advance the effective use of media in teaching and learning