Canada Moves Away From Need-Based Aid

The Canadian student-aid system has quietly morphed during the past 15 years from being predominantly need-based to relying on measures like tuition freezes and tax credits, says a report released in August.

The study, commissioned by the Canadian Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and written by the Educational Policy Institute, a nonprofit research group, says the federal and provincial governments, no matter what their political makeup, have embraced the concept of

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