The latest issue of the Canadian Journal of Higher Education, a special issue on higher education and social statistics, features an article which examines the impact of parental educational attainment on university participation and persistence. The abstract:
Research in the United States shows that American first-generation students (FGS) are less likely to attend university than students whose parents are college graduates (NFGS). Furthermore, those among American FGS who undertake a bachelor degree would have to overcome, throughout their college experience, obstacles related to their family’s background. Are the Canadian FGS experiencing the same educational disadvantages than their American counterparts? Using longitudinal data from Youth in Transition Survey (YITS), conducted from 2000 to 2005, this paper shows that, as seen in the American studies, Canadian FGS are less likely to attend university than NFGS. However, there is no difference in regards to academic persistence. FGS and NFGS have the same probability of obtaining a bachelor degree.The full text of the article, titled Les étudiants de première génération dans les universités : l’accès et la persévérance aux études au Canada, may be downloaded here in .pdf format.
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