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Peer reviewedWaldman, Elizabeth – Monthly Labor Review, 1983
The family unit has become the focus for policy planning, program evaluation, and research. The data series published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics permits policymakers and planners to address social and economic issues affecting families on a more timely basis. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Family (Sociological Unit), Labor Market, Policy Formation
Download full textFine, Kerry Kinney – 1998
This report on postsecondary enrollment trends in Minnesota was prepared in response to questions from state legislators concerning significant declines in enrollments at Minnesota state colleges and universities. Text, tables, and graphs provide a quantitative analysis of data derived primarily from the state higher education services office and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Enrollment Projections
Breneman, David W. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1982
Enrollment projections and the economic environment of higher education are analyzed, along with questions that trustees should ask. Factors that affect enrollment projections are addressed, and trend data at the national, regional, and state levels are presented. Demographic considerations include: future age distribution of the population, past…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Demography, Economic Factors, Enrollment Influences
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1985
Designed to help those who plan and allocate resources for California's community colleges in evaluating future trends and identifying responsible policy directions, this report seeks to: (1) describe present and future trends and their variations within California; (2) determine the applications of those trends for community colleges; (3)…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Demography, Educational Change
Braddock, Jomills H., II; McPartland, James M. – 1981
This report examines previous research on school desegregation effects and suggests new research directions to provide information for policy deliberations. The current imbalance in school desegregation research is attributed to unresolved technical disputes in policy debates, the limitation of debate topics relevant for research, and the absence…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Desegregation, Desegregation Effects, Elementary Secondary Education
Cox, Barbara, Ed. – 1993
This report addresses questions related to increasing the numbers of Latino teachers in U.S. classrooms and improving the preparation of those teachers and all teachers of Latino children. The report presents demographic data on Latinos concerning: percentage of total population, population projections, states of residence, median age, educational…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Ames, Bobbie H. – 1981
This report in two volumes is the product of a year-long needs assessment undertaken by the Governor of Alabama's Commission for the Alabama Year of the Child. Volume I, which contains an overview and recommendations to the governor and the legislature, includes position papers and letters from the commission and interested citizens. These…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Children, Curriculum Development
