Exploring challenges to accessing post-secondary education for at-risk youth/young adults : final report / prepared for Employment and Social Development Canada ; supplier: Phoenix SPI.: Em20-119/2019E-PDF
"Post-secondary education (PSE) provides both individual and societal benefits and is becoming a baseline requirement for success in the labour market. However, certain groups, such as youth and young adults from low-income families, face challenges with accessing and persisting in PSE. Recent research by Statistics Canada (2017) indicates that only 47 percent of Canadian 19-year-olds in the lowest income quintile were enrolled in PSE, compared to 79 percent in the highest income quintile"--Executive summary, page 1.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Employment and Social Development Canada. Phoenix Strategic Perspectives Inc. |
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| Title | Exploring challenges to accessing post-secondary education for at-risk youth/young adults : final report / prepared for Employment and Social Development Canada ; supplier: Phoenix SPI. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Title from cover. "Delivery Date: 2019-02-15." "Contract Number: G9292-191868-001-CY." "Registration Number: POR 062-18." Issued also in French under title: Étudier les défis auxquels font face les jeunes et les jeunes adultes à risque pour accéder aux études postsecondaires : rapport final. Text in English with some text also in French. |
| Publishing information | [Gatineau, QC] : Employment and Social Development Canada, 2019. ©2019 |
| Description | 1 online resource (60 pages) + 1 executive summary (9 pages) |
| ISBN | 9780660294629 |
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| Departmental catalogue number | POR-103-02-19E |
| Subject terms | Youth Low income Postsecondary education |
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