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POSTSECONDARY DIPLOMA [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
DEF

[A] credential issued, on completion of two or more years of post-secondary education, by an accredited academic institution in Canada or the United States.

CONT

What is a post-secondary diploma? Post-secondary education in Canada is ... the responsibility of the individual provinces and territories. Those governments provide the majority of funding to their public post-secondary institutions, with the remainder of funding coming from tuition fees, the federal government, and research grants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grades et diplômes
CONT

Sur le plan social, les études postsecondaires ont une influen­ce non négligeable. [...] Une personne ayant un diplôme d’études postsecondaires entraîne un apport fiscal de 1 M$ de plus au cours de sa vie active [...]

Spanish

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