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Download full textKraus, Lewis E.; Henke, Robin R.; Nevill, Stephanie; Linnard, David; Pflueger, Jeff; Mattox, Tiffany – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2008
The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) in the U.S. Department of Education (ED) sponsors four graduate fellowship programs: the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowship program, the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship program, the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) fellowship …
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Federal Programs, Fellowships, Expertise
Acedo, Clementina; Uemura, Mitsue – 1999
This set of education indicators for the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Region is designed to provide key policy-oriented data for World Bank staff and clients. The framework is divided into six main chapters: (1) the demographic, social and economic context of education; (2) financial and human resources invested in education; (3) access to…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions
Tamsma, R. – Journal of Economic and Social Geography, 1988
Statistical data relating to The Netherlands is presented in 50 maps that were originally published in the "Journal of Economic and Social Geography" between 1977 and 1986. Lengthy annotations accompanying each map provide important background information on the issues depicted. These elucidations were written with the foreign reader in…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Concept Teaching, Foreign Countries, Geographic Concepts
United Nations Development Programme, Riga (Latvia). – 1996
This report, the second annual Human Development Report (HDR) for Latvia, investigates the accuracy of Latvia's 1995 ranking of 48th out of 174 countries in terms of human development in the most recent United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) global Human Development Report. The report also suggests measures that could significantly improve…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Citizenship, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Davis, Benjamin G. – 1978
Fresno County comprises Region 4 of the California Migrant Education Program. The area enjoys a low 6.9% unemployment rate compared to the state average of 7.83%. An analysis of movement patterns of migrant students from, to, and within the state showed that 348 migrant students entered the region from another state in 1977; Texas, Arizona and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Tordella, Stephen J.; And Others – 1977
Over the past several years significant changes have occurred in longstanding patterns of population growth within Wisconsin. Before 1960, growth occurred primarily in and around major metropolitan areas. In the 1970's a growth revival took place in nonmetropolitan counties. This, along with a sharp decline in urban growth, allowed rural growth to…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Demography, Migration, Population Distribution
College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA. Office of Institutional Development. – 1993
Providing population projections from two sources for the Santa Clarita Community College District, in California, this report offers tables showing future conditions for the College of the Canyons (CoC) and the district. First, the two sets of projections are described as figures developed by the Southern California Association of Governments…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Census Figures, Community Colleges, Community Size
Davis, Benjamin G. – 1978
The five counties of Madera, Merced, Contra Costa, San Joaquin and Stanislaus constitute Region 3 of the California Migrant Education Program. A study to evaluate movement patterns of migrant students from, to and within the state was conducted using data from the Migrant Student Record Transfer System. It indicates that in 1977 Region 3 ranked…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Davis, Benjamin G. – 1978
Kern County in the south central part of the state makes up Region 5 of the California Migrant Education Program. Using the Migrant Student Record Transfer System as a data base, a study was conducted to examine the flow patterns of migrant students from, to and within each region and the state in 1977. Intrastate students dominated the California…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Davis, Benjamin G. – 1978
Located at the southeastern corner of the state and bordered by Arizona and Mexico, Imperial County makes up Region 6 of the California Migrant Education Program. Using the Migrant Student Record Transfer System as a data base, a study examined the 1977 flow patterns of migrant students from, to and within the state and each region. This region…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Davis, Benjamin G. – 1978
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties constitute Region 7 of the California Migrant Education Program. Using data from the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, a study was conducted to examine movement patterns of migrant students in 1977. Intrastate (and intraregional) movement dominated the flow picture for the region, as well as for the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Davis, Benjamin G. – 1978
Region 8 of the California Migrant Education Program, located in the central portion of the state, is composed of Kings and Tulare Counties. A study was conducted, using data from the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, to examine the flow patterns of migrant students to, from and within the state in 1977. It showed that intrastate movement…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Davis, Benjamin G. – 1978
Located in the southwestern corner of the state, Region 9 of the California Migrant Education Program is composed of Orange and San Diego Counties. With 684,469 elementary and secondary students in its schools, the region ranks first in overall enrollment when compared with the other eight regions. A study on the flow patterns of migrant students…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Peer reviewedGoliber, Thomas J. – Population Bulletin, 1989
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a historic challenge: to achieve economic and social progress while experiencing extraordinary population growth. With an estimated 1989 population of 512 million, the 42 countries of sub-Saharan Africa have the highest birth and death rates of any major world region. Throughout the region, population has outstripped…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Area Studies, Birth Rate, Developing Nations
World Eagle, Inc., Wellesley, MA. – 1989
The United Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) is the largest country in area in the world and ranks third in world population. The geography and the people of the USSR are documented in a series of reproducible black and white maps and graphs designed for use as classroom instructional materials. Maps, graphs, charts, and tables with information…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Atlases, Current Events, Diagrams
