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Poirier, Thomas – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
In the past decades, most of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have been affected by armed conflicts. By means of a time-series cross-sectional (TSCS) database, we attempt to measure the impact of war on a sample of 43 countries in Africa from 1950 to 2010. These conflicts, and especially civil wars, are shown to have a strong negative effect on…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Educational Finance, Conflict, Foreign Countries
Casserly, Patricia Lund – 1974
Educational Testing Service studied the Servicemen's Opportunity College (SOC) Program at nine different military installations and their surrounding SOC colleges. Members of the Armed Forces (stratified by sex, age, years in service, and rank) were interviewed regarding their educational background, decision to enter the service, reasons for…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, College Credits, College Programs, Educational Opportunities
Hilton, Thomas L.; Bower, Cathleen Patrick – 1971
Using the data from Project Talent and the Growth Study conducted by Educational Testing Service, this study determined the changes from 1961 to 1967 in the proportion of high school graduates, categorized by ability and socioeconomic status (SES), who made particular post-high school educational decisions. For males, the educational alternatives…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Armed Forces, Colleges, Educational Trends