Rethinking Education Options After Graduation

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By Meagan Gillmore

Assisting students with applications to college or university requires more than knowing about online application procedures, program offerings, or deadlines. For many teachers and guidance counsellors, helping students apply to post-secondary education means re-evaluating their own assumptions about where students should go for the best education.

Many teachers and guidance counsellors’ “life experiences are very much tied to the university world,” says Richard Wiggers, Associate Dean of Liberal Studies at Mohawk College in Hamilton, ON. He’s not opposed to university education—he has a PhD—but he doesn’t think a university degree guarantees a successful job, or that such a degree is more worthwhile than a college diploma.

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Meagan Gillmore is a freelance writer in Toronto, ON.

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Meagan Gillmore is a freelance writer in Toronto, ON.

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