Topics covered include: learner demographics and enrollment trends; staff roles, ranks and salaries; government and university budgets and expenditures; tuition and student aid by province and field of study, including student debt at graduation; and guaduation rates, attainment and labour market outcomes. I'm not going to criticize this report (77 page PDF); it's a great piece of work. But I'll make some observations. Most importantly, it looks at education purely from an economic perspective. It is an analysis exclusively of fomal institutions, and defines outcomes strictly in terms of formal qualifications and employment. What it does not study at all are the needs, interests and aspirations of those outside the educational system, or those inside the system but limited in their opportunities. Canada has an enviable (and world-leading) rate of attainment in education (illustrated), and this report documents that quite well, but as always my focus in on the difference we could be making to improve people's lives.
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