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Silvernail, David L.; Woodard, Brianne L. – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2006
In the knowledge-based economy of today, training and retaining a college educated workforce is crucial to the vitality of Maine. Approximately one-half of Maine's high school graduates who go on to college leave the State to do so. A previous study, "Maine's College Graduates: Where They Go and Why" (2003), looked at the factors that…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, College Graduates, Cultural Pluralism, Employment Opportunities
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McKnight, John H.; And Others – Journal of Research in Education, 1992
Refines the cohort survival method for projecting student enrollment. Tests its effectiveness with 30 Maine school districts. The refinement empirically searches for optimal values of number of years of history to use in averaging, weights to place on the ratios, and linear versus exponential distribution of weights across ratios. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends