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Kiker, B. F. – Economics of Education Review, 1998
Introduces a special issue devoted to education-health linkages. The scope of coverage is quite broad. Papers treat education's connections with specific health-related behaviors, full-time employees' health insurance coverage, medical care/lifestyle choices, nurses' wage profiles, low birthweight children's capabilities, smoking decisions,…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Cognitive Ability, Educational Attainment, Educational Benefits
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Rivera, William M.; Alex, Gary – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2004
Public agricultural extension services around the world are being pressured to adapt to new funding constraints and a changing agricultural sector. The global perspective on extension is no longer that of a unified public sector service, but of a multi-institutional network of knowledge and information support for rural people. This reality and…
Descriptors: Privatization, Rural Extension, Global Approach, Workshops
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Wals, Arjen E. J.; Caporali, Fabio; Pace, Paul; Slee, Bill; Sriskandarajah, Nadarajah; Warren, Martyn – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2004
A key question addressed in this article is: How does the increased pressure for expertise in IRD translate itself into the demand for educational services and the design of appropriate curricula on a European-wide basis? This article examines these issues and generates a number of stepping stones for the development of Education and Training for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Transformative Learning, Rural Development, Integrated Activities
Zumeta, William – 1996
This paper provides recent information concerning policies in other states relevant to California's efforts to direct undergraduate students toward in-state private colleges and universities or out-of-state institutions, thus relieving the enrollment burden on the state's publicly supported institutions. The primary database for the analysis is a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Demand, Educational Supply, Enrollment Projections
Hines, Edward R. – 1996
This report describes and analyses state support for higher education in fiscal year 1996. The report provides an analysis of funding trends nationwide; a national map showing percentages of 2-year gains for all states; a table showing appropriations amounts by state for the most recent 3 years as well as percentage changes; a table showing state…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Economic Factors, Educational Demand
Schweiger, Helmut – 1994
This report discusses forces that are shaping alternative approaches to the delivery of postsecondary education, particularly distance education and open learning. One of these forces is the ever-changing composition of the student body, whose demands are increasing and whose needs are becoming more disparate because of a more and more…
Descriptors: Consumer Protection, Cost Effectiveness, Credentials, Distance Education
Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1997
The highlights of this summary of enrollment projections for Maryland public colleges and universities for the years 1997-2006 note that: (1) total enrollment is projected to increase by 12 percent by the year 2006, considerably below earlier projections; (2) growth rates of full- and part-time students will vary considerably, with full-time…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Educational Demand, Enrollment
Hoenack, Stephen A., Ed.; Collins, Eileen L., Ed. – 1990
This collection of nine papers summarize research on the economics of university functioning including production processes, incentives and governance structures, cost and supply behavior, student attendance demands, and funding environments. The nine papers are: (1) "The Higher Education Production Function: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Marriott, Stuart – 1981
This book examines the proposal of individuals in England's university extension movement in the final 2 decades of the 19th century to create a part-time teaching university that shared the following similarities with present-day open universities: a policy of admitting all individuals likely to benefit from the university irrespective of their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Economic Factors, Educational Demand
Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1996
This report details enrollment projections for the public colleges and universities in Maryland through the year 2005. There are headcount projections for each higher education institution, with breakdowns by full- and part-time undergraduates and, as applicable, full- and part-time graduate/professional students. Projections are based on the…
Descriptors: College Planning, Decision Making, Educational Demand, Enrollment Projections
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1995
This statement addresses a critical problem facing California higher education. In the next 10 years, California faces a demand for educational services for between 400,000 and 500,000 new students at the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California. Most of this surge, which has become known as…
Descriptors: Budgets, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Community Colleges, Educational Demand
Geale, John – 1995
A project was conducted to develop mechanisms for stimulating demand for continuing professional development (CPD) among young professionals in North West England. A mixed sample of 154 young professionals were surveyed; they engaged in a range of development activities, including 20 regional seminars that were attended by 65 of those who…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, College Programs, Conferences
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State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research. – 1993
This report consists largely of statistical data that summarizes the responses of the State University of New York (SUNY) to the biannual survey of Non-Credit Instructional Activities for January 1, 1992, through June 30, 1992. The report consists of five parts. Part I includes information on non-credit activities and registrations from a…
Descriptors: Colleges, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Declining Enrollment
Grao, Julio; And Others – 1993
The Reform of Secondary Education carried out in Spain in recent years has given rise to an increased number of options for students. This study empirically analyzed the consistency between options chosen by students in secondary education and the later demand for degrees at the higher education level. The sample consisted of two cohorts of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Choice, Course Selection (Students), Educational Change
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State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research. – 1993
This document summarizes survey data on non-credit instructional activities at State University of New York (SUNY) constituent institutions between July 1, 1992, and December 31, 1992. It includes 21 reports divided into three sections: (1) information on non-credit activities and registrations from a SUNY-wide perspective; (2) information on…
Descriptors: Colleges, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Educational Demand
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