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Peer reviewedKing, D.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Discusses the computational problems of automating paper-based spatial information. A new relational structure for soil science information based on the main conceptual concepts used during conventional cartographic work is proposed. This model is a computerized framework for coherent description of the geographical variability of soils, combined…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Databases, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution
Frey, Christine – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1987
Descriptions of microcomputer software packages currently available in Australia emphasize those used by special and school libraries. Software for library management functions, text retrieval, and database management systems are included, and geographical distribution is examined. The need for professional development courses in software…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGunawardena, Chandra – Comparative Education, 1979
Data are presented on the ethnic and regional origins of university students in Sri Lanka, 1942-1974, in relation to general population distribution and/or university course of study. Two attempts to equalize university admission are analyzed: weighting school quality to standardize secondary marks and establishing a district quota scheme. (SJL).
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Admission, College Attendance
Piper, David Warren, Ed. – 1981
Various forms of bias in the British higher education system are examined in ten papers presented at a conference on "Biases in Higher Education." After an introduction by David Warren Piper, Tyrrell Burgess links the Popperian paradigm of scientfic method to the practical possibility of a nonexclusive education system. In "Bias Is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Civil Rights Legislation, Comparative Education
Download full textHadley, Jack – 1979
This Digest is a summary of the principal policy implications from Medical Education Financing: Policy Analyses and Options for the 1980s, comprehensive policy analyses of options for financing both undergraduate and graduate medical education. Five general classes of options are evaluated: (1) reimbursement reforms, (2) loan programs, (3)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Financial Policy, Geographic Distribution
Mazey, Mary Ellen; Lee, David R. – 1983
Presented from a geographical perspective, this book examines major themes of human geography by drawing from the literature on feminism. The book is arranged into four parts. Part 1 examines sex ratios throughout the world, geographical distribution of female rights and status, spatial patterns of the Equal Rights Amendment ratification, the…
Descriptors: Abortions, Contraception, Demography, Employment Patterns
Galambos, Eva C. – 1979
Health care is demanding increasing resources and attention in numbers of health care workers, in levels of skills required, in time spent in training, and in dollars expended. A greater spectrum of skills is required to cope with increasing health care demands, yet trends toward specialization and fracturing of responsibilities assigned to health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Certification, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency
