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Uses the 2002 National Graduates Survey to examine the management of student loans in Canada. Different sources of student borrowing; Comparison of government-sponsored student loans between class 2000 and class 1995; Factors that influences the ability to pay off student loan debt; Suggestion that graduates who left school with large student debts despite having higher than average incomes are the ones having difficulty repaying their loans. INSETS: What you should know about this study;Debt-servicing ratio as a measure of debt burden;Doctors in debt.

Reports that as of November, 2000, Canadian students are searching out college scholarships as an alternative to student loans. Mention of scholarships sponsored by Canadian governments, universities, companies and nonprofit groups; Statement that some see the pursuit of scholarships as a sign of Americanization of the Canadian academic landscape.

This is an article on the increasing cost of higher education and the problems that are caused by a lack of funding in schools. As a rule of thumb, it's rarely a good idea for governments to play Hood Robin: taking money from the poor so they can spend it on the rich. Yet that's what the government of Quebec is doing as it sets university tuition fees. Like his counterparts across the country, Pierre Reid, Quebec's minister of education, needs more money in his colleges and universities. A government that wants to get money into its universities, but hasn't enough money lying around to do the job itself, has called on students to fill the gap. Implementing tuition fees did nothing to slow the growth of the university population, but suddenly those students were bringing more money into the system, improving the quality of the university experience.

The article looks at college costs in Canada, as of 2013. The author says that while tuition rates have risen, scholarships, tuition tax credits, and other forms of financial aid have risen as well, with the result that many students are paying tuition rates equal to or less than those of the 1990s. The levels of university expenditures and of government funding of universities in the country are also discussed.