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Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Students in Canadian Universities
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Fenwick-Sehl, Laura; Fioroni, Marcella; Lovric, Miroslav – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2009
Data from Statistics Canada shows that while the number of mathematics degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels remained relatively constant between 1992 and 2005, the total number of mathematics degrees as a percentage of all degrees awarded has slightly decreased over the same time period. To understand this situation better, we…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Universities, Foreign Countries, School Holding Power
The next Generation at Work--Business Students' Views, Values and Job Search Strategy: Implications for Universities and Employers
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Ng, Eddy S. W.; Burke, Ronald J. – Education & Training, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to explore the views, career expectations, and job search behaviours among a sample of business students. It also aims to examine the role of campus career services in shaping students' careers and how cooperative education influences their expectations and aspirations. Design/methodology/approach: A field…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recruitment, Cooperative Education, Student Attitudes
Initiatives to Address Teacher Shortage. ACER Policy Briefs. Issue 5
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Lonsdale, Michele; Ingvarson, Lawrence – ACER Press (Australian Council for Educational Research), 2003
This paper is in response to an invitation from the Victorian Department of Education and Training to undertake a targeted review of effective teaching recruitment strategies. The paper provides a "snapshot" of what is happening in other States and Territories and in selected countries overseas. The main focus of the review is on the…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Teacher Recruitment
Education for Rural Health in Saskatchewan.
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McDonald, Ian M. – Academic Medicine, 1990
Steady urbanization and decreasing availability of health services for an aging rural population are occurring in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan medical graduates find rural practice unattractive, and medical careers are not attracting rural youth. A comprehensive strategy of recruitment and reorganization of health care is needed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Attitudes, Career Choice, Delivery Systems
Factors, Issues, and Problems in the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers for Rural Schools.
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Storey, Vernon J. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1993
A survey of 558 teachers in rural schools and districts in British Columbia explored influences on teachers' decisions to enter, remain in, or leave their districts. Important factors in career decisions were the job itself, lifestyle, school district recruiters, financial compensation, social and recreational opportunities, and partner's job. (KS)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Needs, Foreign Countries
Becoming a Teacher Educator: Voices of Women Academics in Canadian Faculties of Education.
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Acker, Sandra – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1997
Juxtaposes narratives of five women academics in Canadian institutions of education against the literature on continuity, change, and critique in teacher education, highlighting the recruitment stage of a university career. Contends that a better understanding of such trends in education requires approaching them through narratives of involved…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Development, Educational Trends
Rural Medical Education: Review of the Literature
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Curran, Vernon R.; Bornstein, Stephen; Jong, Michael; Fleet, Lisa – Online Submission, 2004
(Purpose) This report summarizes a synthesis of the literature related to the evidence, initiatives and approaches to rural/northern medical education, particularly its role in strengthening the medical workforce in rural areas. (Methodology) A literature review was conducted involving the literature databases MEDLINE (January 1990-March 2003),…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Schools, Negative Attitudes, Physicians