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What to Consider If You're Considering University: New Rules for Education and Employment
Author(s): Ken S. Coates (Author), Bill Morrison (Author)
- Publisher: Dundurn Press
- Publication Date: April 22, 2014
- Language: English
- Print length: 216 pages
- ISBN-10: 1459722981
- ISBN-13: 9781459722989
Book Description
A degree is no longer a passport to success in today’s job market.
Going to university used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case. For some students, it’s still a good choice that leads to a successful career after graduation, but for many their degrees are worthless pieces of paper. Choose the wrong program and graduation is more likely to lead to disillusionment and debt than a steady paycheque.
Yet parents, guidance counselors, and politicians still push higher education as if it’s the only option for building a secure future. In this book, Ken S. Coates and Bill Morrison set out to explore the many educational opportunities and career paths open to Canadian high-school students and those in their twenties. This book is designed to help young adults decide whether to pursue a degree, enrol for skills training, or investigate one of the many other options that are available.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Coates and Morrison’s style is accessible, and they make important points about the shifting job market and the devaluing of university diplomas. ―
Publishers WeeklyGives the straight goods on what to expect the world of post-secondary education to look like. ―
MyUniversityMoney.comAbout the Author
Ken S. Coates is a prolific author whose works include Canada’s Colonies, The Modern North, North to Alaska, many academic books, and documentaries. He has served as a consultant to northern governments and organizations and teaches at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. He lives in Saskatoon.
Bill Morrison was a professor and administrator at universities in Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia, and a visiting professor in the United States before he retired in 2010. Morrison has published fourteen books, twelve of them in collaboration with Kenneth Coates. He lives in Ladysmith, B.C.
