Posted AT 4:36 AM EST on 14/07/08
Students chart zigzag routes, study finds
New research into the way young Canadians approach higher education shows that today's students are a mobile bunch, just about as likely to take a zigzag course through college and university as they are to follow a straight line.
The findings, part of a groundbreaking study that uses numbers gathered over several years by Statistics Canada, paints a picture of a group that often moves between programs and schools or takes a breather from the books for a year or more.
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