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Burke, Gerald – Higher Education, 1976
A study measured costs and benefits of awarding studentships (scholarships) to teacher trainees who in return "bond" themselves to undertake a period of teaching. Compared with other alternatives, the studentship scheme is found to be "a very expensive method of recruitment." The case against it is found to be very strong.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Education Majors, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries
Shah, Chandra; Cooney, Richard; Long, Michael; Burke, Gerald – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
This report investigates the future supply of and demand for certain types of skilled labour at the trades and sub-trades levels that will be required for these projects up to 2010. In particular, it focuses on skilled labour in the mechanical, fabrication and electrical trades and mobile plant operators and construction workers in the sub-trades.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Supply and Demand, Skilled Workers, Apprenticeships