Canadian Tuitions Among World's Highest, OECD Study Finds

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Canadian Tuitions Among World's Highest, OECD Study Finds
Topic Started: Dec 6 2015, 09:20 AM (595 Views)
Darcie	Dec 6 2015, 09:20 AM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: In its throne speech Friday, Canada’s new Liberal government promised to “work with the provinces and territories to make post-secondary education more affordable.” New research from the OECD suggests Trudeau’s Liberals have their work cut out for them. Canada has some of the highest costs in the world for university and college education, according to the Education at a Glance 2015 report, and ensuring Canadians have access to education depends on maintaining financial aid to students or institutions. But even with financial aid, high tuitions can hit students and families hard when times are tough, the report says. Canadian students in bachelor’s programs at public institutions paid an average tuition of US$4,761 per year in 2013-2014, the fifth highest among 23 developed countries for which data was available. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/12/05/highest-tuitions-world-canada_n_8723214.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-business&ncid=fcbklnkcahpmg00000001 Creating equal access to post secondary education is one way of helping equality for the poor. There should also be equal training opportunity in all trades as well. Heck, plumbers and electricians usually make more per hour than many PHDs.

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Trotsky	Dec 7 2015, 12:31 AM Post #16
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Olive Oil Dec 6 2015, 11:58 AM I thought that we were supposed to be quite low priced compared to the USA. You ARE quite low compared to the United USA.



FuzzyO	Dec 7 2015, 01:27 AM Post #17
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	I think one problem is that employers are demanding a degree and using that as proof of abilities and skills the applicant may not have, when in fact what is need to do the job may be quick thinking, or the ability to see the larger picture, or a facility for dealing with minute details etc. Employers should be vetting applicants in more creative ways. I don't meant to suggest that there are not positions for which a degree should be required.



Trotsky	Dec 7 2015, 03:11 AM Post #18
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	College has just become big business...another way to move money upwards. What I learned in college? How to hold copious amounts of liquor. Of course, without college I'd probably be completely rotted away in some rice paddy in Vietnam. Edited by Trotsky, Dec 7 2015, 03:13 AM.



FuzzyO	Dec 7 2015, 03:26 AM Post #19
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Yes, your generation of American young men had good reasons to go to college.



swing	Dec 7 2015, 08:13 AM Post #20
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	Well said Darcie: Some people enjoy university, select a career and go for it. Hopefully it's one that provides a job when they graduate. I could never figure why anyone would go to school if they didn't enjoy it. I did not enjoy school, due to the fact my short term memory was not there! DH always says it's because I wasn't interested in what I was studying, could be. All I know is I had a hell of a time after hitting H.S. today I'm sure i'd of been labelled with some type of learning disability! I enjoyed sales and people so went to work for a bank! My DH loved school he did all his education at nights, undergrad in economics and an Mba in finance. He then upon graduating taught at both Ottawa U and Carleton part time @ nights. Yes he loved the academic world ~ can we say opposites attract! Our daughter is like her father excelled in school. Our son much like his mother did not! Each has to find their own niche in life, do what you enjoy and you're happy! Education does give one stability and more opportunity, albeit you have to be willing to travel where the jobs exist! There's big $$ to be made in the trades but as we've just witnessed in Alberta, there's quite often volatility involved! i do have one annoyance though, and that is people that put down education" which seems to be prevalent in this fair city of ours! Many with this attitude here are second generation inheritors, playing the "big assed bird" on Daddy's money! Enough of my rant!!! Edited by swing, Dec 7 2015, 08:15 AM.



campy	Dec 7 2015, 08:26 AM Post #21
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	A trade doesn't necessarily mean you will get a full time job. Trades depend on the area you live in and what is going on in the way of construction. A friend of mine has a son who is a first rate sheet metal worker. You have to join a union. And when you are out of work the union list determines who gets the next job. Secure job. Cook. Everyone has to eat. Edited by campy, Dec 7 2015, 08:27 AM.



heatseeker	Dec 7 2015, 08:27 AM Post #22
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	In an ideal world, people would have the opportunity to do, say, a liberal arts degree and then learn a trade. My son and a surprising number of his friends did exactly this, and I think it has served most of them well. But they all had parents who were able to pay the freight.



Darcie	Dec 7 2015, 08:53 AM Post #23
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Thirteen years for a PHD, lots of time from your life, but if you are passionate about what your are doing it is worth it.



swing	Dec 7 2015, 09:15 AM Post #24
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	Thirteen years for a PHD, lots of time from your life, but if you are passionate about what your are doing it is worth it. Exactly a hell of a lot of work and sacrifice!



Olive Oil	Dec 8 2015, 06:28 AM Post #25
Gold Star Member Posts: 4,747 Group: Member Member #785 Joined: June 10, 2010	I agree with HS that an arts degree is a wonderful start. Perhaps not practical for all. and often wasted on those too immature to embrace it fully. I have deep admiration for the builders and skilled tradesmen of the world. They deserve to be well paid.



Darcie	Dec 8 2015, 07:27 AM Post #26
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	swing Dec 7 2015, 09:15 AM Thirteen years for a PHD, lots of time from your life, but if you are passionate about what your are doing it is worth it. Exactly a hell of a lot of work and sacrifice! I was once told that if a person gets any degree it should be a philosophy degree because it teaches one how to think logically. She's happy having her research funded by the NIH, is studying the mitochondria in brain cells pertaining to Parkinson's, ALS and other neurological diseases. Sat in for 2-1/2 hours of her thesis defense and didn't understand a word she said, nor any of the questions the 5 other PHDs asked. She works about 60 hours a week and is often in her lab on weekends. She gets excited about things I really don't understand, but really get's frustrated trying to put IKEA furniture together, but she does it.



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