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The article reports that high school students in Canada have overestimated the cost of attending post-secondary education and miscalculated the support they will receive from their parents. In a survey, 34 percent of students say that they do not know how much college or university tuition fees will cost. There are 80 percent of secondary students planning to attend university who are expecting support from their parents. Students may gain knowledge about financial assistance from nine different sources.

Focuses on higher education in Canada, highlighting the interest of the indigenous population in the country in higher education. Information on the growth of native students in higher education institutions; How higher education was viewed by these people; Speculation on the reason for the increase in the numbers of native Canadians by Eber Hampton, president of the Sasatchewan Indian Federated College.

The article reports on the failure of the Canadian government to set its own standards for the higher education system according to a report released by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL). The report argues that the government lacks tool to coordinate a national strategy for higher education. It also recommends that the government should look at education issues from a pan-Canadian perspective. The lack of clear standards on higher education will prevent the country from achieving its economic and social objectives.

The article focuses on the reluctance of several Canadian universities to participate in a survey on student satisfaction by the weekly news magazine "Maclean." The reputation of the magazine's student satisfaction ranking is cited. The complain against the magazine's sources from several universities is mentioned.

Reports on the Costa-Rican coffee brand sold by Canada's York University as a means of raising funds for environmental projects and fair trade support.

Reports on the uproar triggered by Saskatchewan legislator Lorne Calvert's call for the lowering of the legal drinking age to cut the number of college students leaving the province to study elsewhere. Reasons of the government for considering the proposal; Criticism of the linkage of drinking age with student decision-making.

Describes the scheme of the Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Center in facilitating the university entrance of people based on the strength of their experience. Need to convert life experiences into attractive university and employment qualifications; Absence of any difference in the intellectual abilities between PLA students and non-PLA students; Impact of the process on the community college sector.

Reports on the increasing cost of undergraduate degrees in Canada. Average tuition fees; Highest average tuition fees in Nova Scotia; Need for government subsidies in order for universities and colleges to lower tuition fees.

Reports that the University of Calgary in Alberta is refusing to drop a computer virus writing course despite complaints by anti-virus software companies that it constitutes a threat to computer security. Questions regarding the validity of the need of writing new viruses to understand how they can be prevented; Aim of the university to enable students to place themselves in the minds of the criminals.

Reports on the anticipation for university education among the children in Canada. Impression about the sports programs of US colleges; Effort to promote vocational education; Pressure on Canadian children to choose colleges for higher education.

Focuses on the unfair comparison made by the World Bank between Ghana and South Korea on its report on higher education. Tertiary enrollment rates in the two countries; Credit given by the bank to the efforts of the South Korean government in raising the issue; Problems on the higher education sector in Ghana highlighted in the report.

Examines the root of apathy of young people towards higher education in Canada. Reason for not pursuing post-secondary education; Non-monetary reasons for not enrolling; Ways of overcoming the problem.

Reports on the growth experienced by the Vladivostok University in Russia, resulting from President Vladimir Kurilov's higher education programs. Details regarding Kurilov's efforts in forming new overseas higher education partnerships.

Announces the resignation of Paule Leduc as Vice Chancellor of the Universite du Quebec a Montrel, a French-language university in Montreal, Qeubec. Reason for her resignation; Financial status of the university; Cuts in operating budgets of Quebec universities.

Features Gerald Pocius, a professor of folklore at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, who proved that the study of professional wrestling can hold currency in academic circles. Information on Pocius' paper where he argued that people should not worry about the blurring between the authentic or the not authentic; Pocius' views on the audience participation in wrestling.

Reports on the increased earnings of universities in Canada despite the declining government spending, according to a study conducted. Reason for the increase; Details of the government funding; Issue on student-teacher ratios.

Warns that Canadian higher education appears to be building a corporate university that places commercial opportunities ahead of academic freedom. Comments from Neil Tudiver of the University of Manitoba; Discussion on the case of Nancy Olivieri, blood specialist from University of Toronto.

Reports on the efforts of land-rich Canadian universities to use residential developments to help solve their funding difficulties. University of Guelph's leasing of 150 bungalows in the 44.5-hectare Village by the Arboretum.

Reports that the Canadian province of Alberta is reinstating some 21 percent of cuts to higher education it has made in 1993-96. Money for advanced education and career development budget; Benefits of the move to the University of Alberta; Reasons for the province's accumulation of surplus.

Reports on the effects of higher education funding cuts on the academic society in Quebec. Strike of graduate teachers of McGill University; Announcement of spending estimates by the Quebec government; Fighting of proposal for salary slash by McGill teaching assistants; Illustration of insecurity by Hugh Potter, AGSEM coordinator; Comments from Elaine MacDonald, member of AGSEM bargaining committee.

Presents information on higher education while focusing on a research carried out by Canadian researcher professor Sid Gilbert of the University of Guelph. Information on the research carried out; Examination of studies over the past 25 years; Detailed information on the report commissioned by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.