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Juliet Squire; Marisa Mission; Paul Beach; Katrina Boone – Bellwether, 2024
Since 2021, Bellwether has conducted research on flexible learning options, including interviews with 85 policymakers, state administrators, funders, navigation organizations, technology providers, and many others. The goal was to address inquiries in a nascent and fast-growing field, such as how families and students access learning within a…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Individualized Instruction, Educational Environment

Heath, Julia A.; Tuckman, Howard P. – Economics of Education Review, 1987
Examines the effects of tuition level and financial aid on graduate enrollments and the pool of scholars with advanced terminal degrees. Within an alternative statistical framework defining educational demand as more than first-year enrollments, tuition and financial aid effects can be examined at each stage of the choice process. Includes one…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Economic Factors, Educational Demand, Educational Economics

Mingat, Alain; Tan, Jee-Peng – Economics of Education Review, 1986
In many developing countries financial constraints restrict school enrollment to low levels. Empirical evidence from Malawi is used in a simulation model to show that families are willing to pay for education and that scholarships can offset the equity effects of user charges. Appended are 18 references. (MLF)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Attitudes, Educational Demand, Elementary Secondary Education
Sell, G. Roger; Segal, JoAn – 1978
Key concepts for building a needs assessment information system are discussed (i.e., need, needs assessment, management, and information system). For the areas of basic or general education, recreation/leisure, and work, a chart illustrates kinds of needs (i.e., normative, felt, expressed, comparative, and anticipated). Three aspects of needs…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Educational Needs, Educational Resources, Information Needs
Smart, Don – 1988
Growing numbers of Malaysian students are going to Australia for overseas study. This paper begins with a discussion of Malaysia's New Economic Policy, whose provisions include a phasing out of English as the language of instruction in favor of Bahasa Malaya, the language of the indigenous Malay majority. This policy provides a background for the…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries

Wolfe, Barbara L.; Behrman, Jere R. – Economics of Education Review, 1984
This paper explores supply and demand determinants of the amount and distribution of schooling in prerevolution Nicaragua (1977-78). Findings suggest that the difference between rural and urban areas significantly affects schooling availability, but family background also accounts for variance in schooling here and in similar societies. (TE)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Demand, Educational Economics, Educational Supply
Wu, Fusheng – Chinese Education: A Journal of Translations, 1990
Claims millions of middle school graduates are unable to assist in meeting the nation's needs in economic development. States that educational and the economic sectors are not working together to solve the urgent task facing rural education. Provides plan for curriculum development with the stress on vocational education. (NL)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Development, Economic Development, Educational Change
Chisholm, Mark; Cohen, Bethaviva – 1982
Background information needed to understand the literature on the impact of price on college attendance (i.e. price-response literature) is provided. After briefly introducing price theory and its use in demand studies in higher education, the major expository articles are reviewed, and major analytical methods used by researchers are examined.…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Economic Factors, Educational Demand, Enrollment Influences
Brinkman, Paul T.; McIntyre, Chuck – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1997
There is no right way to forecast college enrollments; in many instances, it will be prudent to use both qualitative and quantitative methods. Methods chosen must be relevant to questions addressed, policies and decisions at stake, and time and talent required. While it is tempting to start quickly, enrollment forecasting is an area in which…
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Demand, Educational Trends, Enrollment Management

Haworth, Jennifer Grant – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1996
Discussion of the agenda for research and practice in graduate and professional education identifies and discusses five arenas for assessment; demand; admission criteria; program quality; persistence; and student learning outcomes. Specific questions to be addressed and additional considerations are noted for each arena. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Outcomes Assessment

Salemi, Michael K. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Briefly reviews the declining enrollment rates for undergraduate economics majors. Observes that after record enrollments during the 1980s, interest in a bachelor's economics degree dropped sharply in the 1990s. Discusses possible reasons for this decline and provides statistics. (MJP)
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Declining Enrollment, Economic Factors, Economics Education

Willis, Rachel A.; Pieper, Paul J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Postulates five reasons for declining undergraduate enrollment in economics including corresponding decline in business enrollment; slowdown in financial services; competition from other subjects; decline in student academic skills; and a decline in faculty teaching skills. Discusses strengths and weaknesses of each argument. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Education, Course Selection (Students), Declining Enrollment, Economic Factors

Peters, Nathan D.; Keihn, Sue L. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1997
Summarizes the University of Wisconsin System's systemwide multi-year enrollment management program authorizing enrollment targets in three phases covering the periods 1987-90, 1991-94, and 1995-2000. Reviews what other states are doing in statewide enrollment management, and outlines the demand and supply variables taken into consideration for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Educational Demand, Educational Trends
Simon, Hans-Reiner – 1985
This investigation into the availability of and demand for further educational measures in library and information science indicates that obvious discrepancies exist, with demand exceeding availability in the following areas: EDP (electronic data processing) use; criteria for selection for EDP use; online use, including retrieval and database…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Data Processing, Educational Demand, Educational Needs

Syverson, Peter D. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1996
Graduate education is entering an era of market segmentation, varying student demand, and changing requirements from employers, meaning graduate students will assess graduate opportunities differently and institutions will assess programs differently. The traditional view of graduate study as preparation for a research or teaching career and…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Demand, Educational Needs, Educational Trends