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Room at the Top: Strategies for Increasing the Number of Graduate Students in Canada

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Ross Finnie (Queen's University)
Alex Usher (Educational Policy Institute)
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The knowledge economy requires more people with advanced degrees. Policies that attach funding to students hold the greatest promise for increasing both the quantity and quality of graduate education.

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Volume (Year): (2007)
Issue (Month): 245 (February)
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Keywords: graduate education; government education support;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance
I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education Research Institutions
I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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  1. Riddell, W.C. & Sweetman, A., 2000. "Human Capital Formation in a Period of Rapid Change," UBC Departmental Archives 00-06, UBC Department of Economics.
  2. Francois Vaillancourt, 1995. "The Private and Total Returns to Education in Canada, 1985," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 28(3), pages 532-54, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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