Pan-Canadian study of first year college students Report 2 The characteristics and experience of Aboriginal, disabled, immigrant and visible minority students

Canada Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. (Author). Association of Canadian Community Colleges. (Added Author).

Summary: Access to postsecondary education by traditionally under-represented groups is recognized as a priority by the federal government as well as provincial and territorial governments across the country. Canadian colleges and institutes have a pivotal role in postsecondary systems in this country given their extensive reach across rural and urban regions and the diverse client groups served through a wide range of programs that include basic literacy, high school equivalency, career and technical diplomas/certiﬁcates, and baccalaureate and applied degrees. In recent years, the Association of Canadian Community Colleges has proﬁled the types of programs and services that colleges and institutes are offering, speciﬁcally for students from the under-represented groups examined in this report—Aboriginal, visible minority and immigrant students and students with disabilities. This report adds depth to these efforts by highlighting the perspectives provided directly by learners within these under-represented groups, as respondents to the two surveys conducted in 2005 as part of the Pan-Canadian Study of First Year College Students: the Survey of Student Characteristics (College Entry Survey) and the Survey of Student Experiences (End of Term Survey). The results presented in this report conﬁrm that colleges and institutes have signiﬁcant proportions of students from each of these four groups. Results pertaining to these four groups are presented separately, rather than comparing them to each other, in recognition of the fact that students from each of these groups come from different life experiences that impact upon the educational pathways they choose and their experiences at colleges and institutes. As a result, college and institute administrators and staff who are responsible for programs and services for students from these four groups can easily consult the speciﬁc proﬁles and make use of the data for each group as required.

Record details

ISBN: 9781100115993
ISBN: 1100115994
Physical Description: electronic resource
88 p. ; 28 cm.
Publisher: [Ottawa] : Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Issued also in French under title: Étude pancanadienne sur les étudiants collégiaux de première année, rapport 2, les caractéristiques et l'expérience des étudiants autochtones, handicapés, immigrants et de minorités visibles. Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references: p. 79-80.
Formatted Contents Note:	Overview of the research methodology -- Survey sample and limitations -- Limitations of study -- Aboriginal students at college and institutes -- Barriers to participation in PSE -- The Aboriginal sample -- Demographic and family background -- Registration characteristics of Aboriginal students -- High school experience -- Career preparation and certainty at college entry -- The college experience -- Needs and use of support services -- Financing education -- Student attitudes and educational commitment -- Concluding remarks -- Recents immigrants at college and istitutes -- Participation in postsecondary education -- Recent immigrants and the labour market -- The recent immigrant sample -- Demographic and family background -- Registration characteristics and reasons for attending -- Education and activities prior to college -- High school experience -- Career preparation and certainty -- Needs and use of support services -- Financing college -- Student attitudes and commitment to education -- Concluding remarks -- Visible minority students at colleges and institutes -- Demographic background of visible minority students -- Education and activities prior to college -- Registration characteristics of visible minority students -- High school experience -- Reasons for attending colleges and institutes -- Academic and social integration in the first term of college -- Needs and use of support services -- Financing college -- Student attitudes and educational commitment -- Students with disabilities at college and istitutes -- Participation in postsecondary education -- Demographic characteristics of students with disabilities in colleges and institutes -- Registration characteristics of students with disabilities -- Reason for attending -- High school experience -- Integration and academic performance at college -- Needs and use of support services -- Financing college -- Student attitudes and educational commitment -- Student attitudes towards their faculty and institution -- Concluding remarks for students with disabilities -- Appendix 1: members of panels -- Appendix 2: Pan-Canadian study of first year college students survey instruments -- Appendix 3: Survey at college entry - Participating colleges and institutes -- Appendix 4: Survey at end of first term - Participating colleges and institutes.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Available also on the Internet.
Issuing Body Note:	Co-published by: Association of Canadian Community Colleges.