Briefly summarizes a study that surveyed approaches to calculating the demand for higher education and then developed a model for obtaining reliable enrollment projections for postsecondary educational institutions in South Carolina. Available from: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 50 East 69th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021; single…

Five sister reports published by the Friedman Foundation over the past two years have ignored the relevant research literature in asserting that private-school voucher programs can reduce the social costs of dropping out while increasing graduation rates. The reports are state-specific, targeting five different states. But each report follows a…

Student achievement data from 92 school districts in South Carolina were analyzed to determine which variables were most likely to affect educational quality. Fourth and seventh grade samples were examined to determine the effects on achievement when the shared variation between achievement and the context variables was removed. The data included…