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Peer reviewedBeattie, Nicholas – Comparative Education, 1981
Looks at the "schools map" of facility distribution used as a tool in French educational planning and at criticisms of this technique. (SJL)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Direct linkConvert, Bernard; Gugenheim, Francis – European Journal of Education, 2005
This article examines why numbers have declined in French science universities. It shows that the main causes of this decline are the growth in student numbers between 1985 and 1995 and the changes that this brought about in the educational and social composition of the student population. Since the mid-1990s, increasingly fewer French students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Interests, Declining Enrollment, Social Development
Peer reviewedPearson, Richard – Educational Studies, 1983
Short-term forecasting methods for assessing the number of students finishing schooling in France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom are reviewed. Types of data that are available for each country are discussed, as well as suggestions for data that need to be collected for more efficient forecasting. (Author/IS)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Dropouts, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
