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For example, very little is known regarding how perceptions of costs and beneﬁts are implicated in an individual’s decision to pursue college or university studies, and whether certain perceptions hamper access among students from disadvantaged backgrounds. This paper presents results from a research programme designed to develop and evaluate an operationalization of “perceived return on investment” (PRoI) in post-secondary education, based on students’ subjective considerations of costs and beneﬁts. These results are derived from two key research questions: is it possible to reliably measure high school students’ perceived return on investment in a post-secondary education, and does the measurement of these perceptions predict actual post-secondary participation? Results show that PRoI can be measured satisfactorily and is predictive of university attendance, net of other factors currently known to inﬂuence participa-  \n74 CJHE / RCES Volume 38, No. 2, 2008  \ntion. The “perceptual horizon effect” model is proposed to account for both positive and negative perceptions of returns on investment.  \nRÉSUMÉ  \nMalgré l’accumulation des connaissances à propos des facteurs qui inﬂuencent la participation aux études postsecondaires, des lacunes demeurent dans notre compréhension du phénomène. Par exemple, nous en savons peu sur le mécanisme par lequel les perceptions des coûts et des bénéﬁces jouent un rôle dans la décision de poursuivre des études collégiales ou universitaires. De même, on ne sait pas dans quelle mesure certaines perceptions limitent l’accès aux études des jeunes provenant de milieux désavantagés. Cet article présente les résultatsd’un programme de recherche ayant pour objectif de développer etd’évaluer l’opérationnalisation des rendements perçus en éducation postsecondaire en se basant sur l’évaluation subjective des coûts et des bénéﬁces par les étudiantes et étudiants. Le projet de recherche est issude deux questions clés: est-il possible de mesurer de façon ﬁable les rendements de l’éducation postsecondaire tels que perçus par les élèves du secondaire et est-ce que cette mesure des perceptions peut prédire une éventuelle participation postsecondaire? Les résultats démontrent que les perceptions peuvent être mesurées de façon satisfaisante et peuvent prédire la participation aux études universitaires, et ce en contrôlant pour les autres facteurs connus comme ayant une inﬂuence sur la participation. Un modèle d’ « horizon perceptuel » est proposé pour expliquer tant les perceptions positives que négatives du retour sur investissement.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nAccording to Statistics Canada, Canada is ahead of all other OECD countries in terms of higher educational participation rates (Statistics Canada, 2003). These ﬁgures represent part of a growth curve that saw university enrolments increase by 20% between 1998 and 2004, such that there are currently some one million university students in Canada (Statistics Canada, The Daily, October 11, 2005) . This growth is in part a result of policy efforts by the Canadian government to increase accessibility to, and participation in, colleges and universities to meet labour market projections. However, these policy efforts have not created equal participation in higher education among all demographic groups (e.g., Finnie, Lascelles, & Sweetman, 2005; Junor & Usher, 2004","cbCaioWWDNeypUYr","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioWWDNeypUYr","pdf",96312,21,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Research Questions and Results\n# Proposed Model","[{\"question\":\"What gap does the paper address about participation in post-secondary education?\",\"answer\":\"The paper addresses limited understanding of how individuals’ perceptions of costs and benefits affect decisions to pursue post-secondary studies and whether these perceptions reduce access for disadvantaged students.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the study operationalize “perceived return on investment” (PRoI)?\",\"answer\":\"It develops and evaluates a measure of PRoI based on students’ subjective considerations of costs and benefits in post-secondary education.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the results show about PRoI and university attendance?\",\"answer\":\"PRoI can be measured satisfactorily and predicts university attendance even after accounting for other factors known to influence participation.\"}]","Perceptions of Costs and Beneﬁts of Post-secondary Education Inﬂuence Participation? | PDF",1792084823,53]