Media Coverage

• "Children of Immigrants Drawn to University." Ross Finnie and Richard Mueller in interview with Lynn Desjardins: CBC The Link.

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• "Secondary Education and Immigrants." Ross Finnie in interview with Kathleen Petty: CBC Ottawa Morning.

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• "China effect stuns education researchers." By Joanne Laucius: The Ottawa Citizen, October 3, 2009.

  88.3 per cent of young Chinese immigrants in Canada go to university, more than double the figure for young Canadians as a whole.

• "Do grants do any good?" By Todd Pettigrew: Macleans, October 3, 2009

  Needs-based grants are not necessarily enough to increase graduation rates.

• "We must find out why boys don't measure up to girls academically." The Vancouver Sun, September 24, 2009.

  On the path to post-secondary education, boys being left in the dust.

• "Should we lower the university entry standards for men?" By Kathy Dobson: The Globe and Mail, September 23, 2009.

  The university gender gap is growing, with males falling further behind.

• "How to help students graduate." By Mehreen Imtiaz: The Varsity, September 21, 2009.

  Research examines persistence with regard to tuition refunds and student aid.

• "Where are all the boys?" By Kelly Turner: 660news.com, September 21, 2009

  High school boys aren't working as hard for marks as their female counterparts.

• "Boys failing to make the grade for university, study finds." By Joanne Laucius: The Ottawa Citizen, September 20, 2009.

  Research shows that females are more likely to achieve the high school grades necessary to get into post-secondary education.

• "Increasing student aid does little to boost graduation." By Philip Fine: University World news, September 20, 2009.

  Increasing student grants attract students to post-secondary education but do not guarantee graduation. Sept. 20, 2009

• "More Aid ≠ More Graduates." By Doug Lederman: Inside Higher Ed, September 14, 2009.

  Need-based grants may improve access to post-secondary education, but not necessarily persistence.

• "Making university education a quality product." By Ross Finnie and Alex Usher: The Globe and Mail, September 9, 2009.

  Long-term research initiative is essential in determining policy implications for improving quality of university education.

• "College dropout stats skewed by 'switchers' and 'leavers.'" By Joanne Laucius: The Ottawa Citizen, August 28, 2008.

  Students who switch programs or institutions can mistakenly contribute to dropout rates.

• "Students chart zigzag routes, study finds; New statistics reveal that almost half of young Canadians switch programs and courses, and many take time off." By Elizabeth Church: The Globe and Mail, July 14, 2008.

  Students less likely to take "straight course" through post-secondary education.