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The article reports on the findings of Educational Policy Institute of Toronto, Ontario that money is being diverted in Canada from targeted programs that could better attract low-income students in an attempt to make university tuition fees more affordable. One of the initiatives to widen access to university is the increases in eligibility for student loans. The authors of the research claims that the move is not related to good public policy but more to do with cheap electoral politics.

Reports on the rapid growth of graduate student debt in Canada. Average debt of students who borrow to pay for their university; Debt of those who graduated in 2000.

Reports that a fund set up to ease student debt has been hampered by provincial and territorial governments in Canada. Amount of grants to be provided for low- and middle-income students; Agreements signed between the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation and provinces and territories concerning the grants.

Examines the bankruptcy law with regard to student loans in Canada. Assessment of the bankruptcy law; Reference to cases of impoverished students described to the senate committee; Changes made to the law.

Reports on the partnership between the Royal Bank of Canada and Queen University on student-loan business. Social status of students targeted by the partnership; Default rate for the universities and private schools; Principle advocated by the partnership.

Focuses on the outcome of the Canadian scheme to help university graduates saddled with student-loans debts. Rate of students benefited with the scheme; Critiques from students on the scheme; Defenses from the organizers.

Reports that a man arrested by Canadian police for alleged student loan fraud is to appear in court on January 2001. Possible arrest of other individuals in connection with the alleged fraud; Use of stolen university seals and fake diplomatic stamps by the criminals.

Reports that a Canadian female medical student and colon cancer patient has been refused leniency on paying back her student loans. Reasons for her decision to drop out from the Universite de Montreal of Quebec; Amount of her student loan; Statement from the Canadian Federation of Students on her case.

Reports that Canada's federal government has removed three banks from the task of managing the country's student loan program. Increase in the percentage of the money lent to the banks; Reason for the move; Remarks from Thomas Thownsend, director general of Canada's Learning and Literacy Directorate.

Focuses on an MBA program adopted by universities and colleges in Canada which guarantees students of a high-paying job with their degree. Entry of the first MBA for science and technology class in Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario; Financial institutions' support for the program; Universities' plan to implement higher tuition fees with loan contingency plans.