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Would Higher Tuition Fees Restrict Access to University Studies?
A widely held view, disseminated by student associations in particular, suggests that improving access to higher education means students should pay little or nothing in fees. Despite this view, a growing number of university administrators and various people in academic and political circles are arguing in favour of higher tuition fees to deal with what they regard as underfinancing that is affecting the quality of higher learning.

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La hausse des droits de scolarité réduirait-elle l’accessibilité aux études universitaires?
Economic Note on university financing published by the MEI.

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A false choice: Higher tuition fees do not restrict access to university studies
Economic Note on university financing published by the MEI.

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The Report Card on Quebec’s Secondary Schools 2003
The Report Card on Quebec’s Secondary Schools provides an annual, independent measurement of the extent to which each school meets basic needs. The Report Card thus serves several purposes. For one thing, it facilitates school improvement, and for parents who have a choice between several educational institutions, it can help them make an enlightened decision.

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Nouveau rapport sur les écoles – Rien de neuf pour les parents
Reactions to the publication of L’Étude des différences entre les écoles secondaires du Québec.

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Lowering fees does not make universities more accessible – Quebec’s enrolment rates are slipping in spite of the lowest fees in Canada
Low tuition fees do not mean high enrolments; in fact, the contrary is true.

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Quebec’s school vouchers debate
Publication of a Research Paper on school vouchers.

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FORUM: Nécessaires, les bons d’études? – Oui: Tous les parents se verraient offrir le choix de l’école de leurs enfants
Publication of a Research Paper on school vouchers.

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Le choix de l’école pour tous – Un projet de bons d’étude adapté au Québec
The history of the Quebec education system since the 1960s can be summed up as follows: more expensive educational services, centralization of educational financing at the provincial level, and standardization of educational practices. This approach seems to have reached its climax. Increases and centralization in educational financing and standardization in educational practices no longer seem to have an effect on pupils' performance at school. Educational vouchers aim to introduce a market mechanism to the public education system by linking school financing to the number of pupils they receive. The goal is to encourage schools to respond to demands from consumers of educational services, namely parents.

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Le système de bons d’études – Un vrai choix pour les parents
Publication of a Research Paper on school vouchers.