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Category: Data

Trends in Applications

Some interesting trend data to review from Ontario today. First, there’s the fact that applications from secondary schools have dropped by 3% this year, from 92,892 to 89,609 (as of the February snapshot, which for most purposes is as good as the final numbers, since something like 95% of all applicants apply before the end-of-January line).  This is a moderately big deal since it’s the first time since the double cohort that numbers have fallen. Figure 1: Applications from Secondary

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May 14, 2014 No Comments

U-Multirank: Game On

Those of you who read this blog for the stuff about rankings will know that I have a fair bit of time for the U-Multirank project.  U-Multirank, for those in need of a quick refresher, is a form of alternative rankings that has been backed by the European Commission.  The rankings are based on a set of multi-dimensional, personalizable rankings data, and were pioneered by Germany’s Centre for Higher Education (CHE). There is no league table here.  Nothing tells you

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May 13, 2014 1 Comment

Who’s Progressive?

To the extent that finances act as a barrier to higher education, they are an obstacle to those without resources – that is, those who tend to come from lower-income backgrounds.  It is, therefore, simply common sense that if you want to relieve financial barriers, you concentrate resources among those with the fewest means. Except, it doesn’t seem to be common sense among many of those who consider themselves “progressive” in Canada.  “Progressives”, for reasons that are almost incomprehensible, prefer

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May 9, 2014 2 Comments

That Overqualification Study

A couple of weeks ago, Statistics Canada published a study that looked at overqualification among university graduates (available here).  It’s a good-news story that deserves a bit more attention than it’s received. The study uses data from the 1991 and 2006 censuses, as well as the 2011 National Household Survey, to look at the changing occupational profile of Canadians aged 25-34.  To digress briefly into the world of occupation statistics: every occupation in North America is given what’s called a

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April 29, 2014 No Comments

Using Comparative Labour Market Outcome Data to Think About Education

So, recently, a colleague sent me some data produced by CMEC on the subject of labour market outcomes by educational attainment, among 16-65 year-olds.  Here’s the first one, showing outcomes for Canada. Labour Market Status by Educational Attainment, 16-65 Year-Olds, Canada, 2012 (Source: The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2012)               And here’s a similar one, showing the same thing for the OECD as a whole. Labour Market Status by Educational Attainment,

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April 24, 2014 1 Comment
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