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Peer reviewedGleason, Joyce; Van Scyoc, Lee J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Reports on a study of the economic literacy of 942 adults and compares the results with the economic literacy of high school students. Finds that high school students outscored the adults. Also finds that adult scores were related positively to both the level of education achieved and the completion of an economics course. (CFR)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Economic Factors, Economics
Download full textDolan, Robert C.; And Others – 1984
This report discusses diverse economic issues involved in educational reforms aimed at improving economic growth. The focus is on elementary and secondary education in the southeastern United States. After a general overview of the economics of educational reform, section I discusses the issues involved in modeling and estimating the linkages…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors, Economic Progress, Economics Education
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1996
This report summarizes each public program area in higher education in Illinois to be reviewed during the 1996-97 academic year and identifies the special issues pertinent to each. These programs include agriculture, engineering-related technologies, mechanics and repair, home economics, multi- and inter-disciplinary studies, natural resources,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cost Effectiveness, Degrees (Academic), Economic Factors
