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Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1983
Current college enrollments in Ontario universities and future projections are considered. It is suggested that demographic changes and educational demand are basic factors affecting university enrollment. Difficulties in analyzing participation rates are identified, including the means of calculation, interprovincial student mobility, the…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Demand
Anisef, Paul; And Others – 1982
A report on the current status of accessibility to university education in Ontario has several major objectives: to review the social science literature on such concepts as equality of educational opportunity and accessibility, considering the social, political and intellectual climate of the times; to examine parliamentary minutes and reports of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Demand
International Association of Universities, Paris (France). – 1978
Redistribution and redeployment of university resources, both human and material, have begun in a number of countries to meet the new needs of lifelong education. Selected case studies that appear to be characteristic and representative of different types of university situations in different countries are presented in this book. Analysis of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, College Role, Comparative Education
Ambury, George G. – 1980
A survey was undertaken of residents within 300 km of Queen's University (Ontario) who would have an interest or stake in the Master of Education program to assess the needs for the program. Population strata were identified as: past and present students, employers of students and graduates, academic staff and faculty, and potential students.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Size, Courses
Commission on Post-Secondary Education in Ontario (Canada). – 1972
The Commission on Post-Secondary Education in Ontario was appointed in 1969 to advise the Ministers of Education and of University Affairs. The Commission was asked to consider, in the light of then-current provisions, the pattern necessary to ensure the further effective development of post-secondary education in the Province to 1980, and in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Educational Demand, Educational Finance
McReynolds, William Peter – 1971
The document contents divide into (1) the basic flow model of an educational system and its application to the secondary school system of Ontario and (2) a group of interrelated submodels that describe the entrance to higher education in considerably finer detail. In the first section, the principal variable of the model--the transition…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Databases, Educational Demand, Educational Economics
Stager, David – 1981
Literature dealing with the economics of postsecondary education (but generally excluding university research), which was published in Canada or dealt with Canada, and which appeared in English language publications from 1971 to 1981, is reviewed. The following topics are addressed: resource allocation, and particularly returns to investment in…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, Educational Demand, Educational Economics
Abrahamsson, Kenneth; And Others – 1988
This document reports the activities and impressions of 30 Swedish adult educators who exchanged ideas, experiences, and research results concerning adult education and learning at more than 20 conferences and seminars organized in the United States and Canada. The foreword briefly summarizes some impressions. (Among them are that adult education…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1983
This brief was submitted to the Standing Committee on Social Development of the Ontario Legislature in connection with Bill 42, which is intended to limit university deficits. The following concerns are examined: current university funding levels in relation to enrollment and student demand, research responsibilities, tuition fee levels, and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Educational Demand, Educational Finance
Hatton, Michael; Heneault, Kathryn – 1994
Canadian financial services organizations, and retail banking in particular, are changing rapidly due to the spiraling costs of labor, the influence of computers, and global competition. These changes are especially affecting bank tellers, who will need new skills to adapt to the changing workplace. To develop a timely and relevant training…
Descriptors: Banking, Business Education, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
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Warrack, Barry J.; Russell, C. Neil – 1980
Indices of motivation and demand developed to forecast postsecondary enrollment in Manitoba, Canada, are described. The indices were tested with surveys of more than 14,000 high school students with respect to actual outcomes and validated by surveying more than 5,000 students. The theoretical basis of the indices, their use in enrollment…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Bound Students, Educational Demand, Enrollment Influences
Press, Harold L. – 1990
Comprehensive, systematic planning provides the overall direction for education through the development of policies and objectives. An understanding of demographic, social, and economic trends is necessary for educators to make decisions for the future. The 1986 demographic forecasts for the province of Newfoundland are updated in this report,…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Demography, Educational Demand, Educational Supply
Waniewicz, Ignacy – 1976
The document presents a study of the demand of part-time learning in Ontario, identifying learners, would-be-learners, and non-learners, and providing information on how people learn, their intentions for learning, their motivations, and various factors which obstruct their efforts and desires to learn. Chapters, with 157 tables, include: (1) The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Adults
Roche, J.; Shale, D.; Kelly, W. – 1996
This study examined the characteristics of part-time students at the University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada) and Athabasca University (Alberta, Canada), an open admissions undergraduate distance education university. Also called adult students or non-traditional students, part-time students have been viewed as a homogenous group despite marked…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Behavior Patterns, College Students
Bloomfield, Stefan D. – 1980
In conjunction with a survey of trends in university management in Europe, a North American comparison was undertaken. The national context for higher education in North America and the structural elements characteristic of its colleges and universities are considered, with emphasis directed to the elements of institutional structure that provide…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, College Administration
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