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Bridging the access gap: It starts with first-generation students

JUDITH MAXWELL

Judith Maxwell is the former head of the Economic Council of Canada and the Canadian Policy Research Networks

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It's called the access gap and it's been getting wider. According to the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation, 81 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds whose parents have university degrees participate in postsecondary education, compared to 53 per cent for young people whose parents did not go past high school. About 40 per cent of 20 year olds showed no sign of attending a college, vocational or university program in 2003.

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Bridging the access gap: It starts with first-generation students

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