ABSTRACT:
This article aims to examine to what extent Canadian youth of immigrant origins pursue higher education through linear or non-linear pathways. The data used in this article come from the public administrative file of the Quebec Ministry of Education, and three conclusions can be drawn from results. Firstly, these youth pursue higher education via linear pathways at a higher proportion than their peers whose parents were born in Canada. Secondly, differences are significantly higher at the university level than at the CEGEP. Thirdly, there are significant differences among youth from immigrant backgrounds specifically. Access to higher education and the undertaking of linear educational pathways vary according to parental geographic origin and whether the student is a first- or second-generation immigrant.
Keywords:
Higher education; Academic pathways; Educational inequalities; Immigrants; Canada