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O'Leary, Brian P. – Education Canada, 2010
In Manitoba's Seven Oaks School Division, all 3,000 high school students have a teacher advisor who spends an hour a week with them throughout their four years in high school, knows them as individuals, knows their families, and acts as an academic and life coach. Advisors help students complete their first high school course registration and they…
Descriptors: High Schools, Ceremonies, Graduation, Foreign Countries
Jounor, Sean; Usher, Alex – Education Canada, 2005
The reasons that some high school graduates choose to continue their studies and others do not are not well understood. Certainly there is universal agreement about the benefits of post-secondary studies accruing to both students and society as a whole. Increasing levels of education are associated with, among other things, better job…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Foreign Countries, Decision Making
Grayson, J. Paul – Education Canada, 1999
Examines data on students at York University (Ontario) and seven other Canadian universities concerning who goes to university, parents' income, student diversity, where students live, why students go to university, how particular universities are chosen, the importance of a degree, and students' future academic plans. (SV)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Students