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Chamberlin, Gary D.; Franklin, Kathy K. – 1997
The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of the generation born between 1977 and 1994, the "baby boom echo," on the demand for higher education and workforce development in Arkansas. Although the birthrate in Arkansas for this period does not correlate with the national trend, increased school enrollment and in-migration in…
Descriptors: College Students, Demography, Educational Demand, Employment Patterns
Allan, Carole, Comp.; Brotman, Herman, Comp. – 1981
This chartbook, developed for participants in the 1981 White House Conference on Aging, depicts past, present, and projected developments in demographics, economics, and other areas to explain the size and makeup of the older population and its economic and social roles in society. Each of the 70 charts, classified under seven headings, includes a…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Charts, Citizen Participation, Demography
Wilkie, Jane Riblett – 1982
This paper examines the decline in occupational segregation between black and white women over the twentieth century and analyzes how shifts in the occupational structure of the economy and changes in the racial composition of occupational categories contributed to this change. Overall, findings show that the decrease in occupational segregation…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Employed Women
Grusky, David B.; Hauser, Robert M. – 1983
Reanalysis of a standard set of data for 16 nations has brought new insights into the leading issues of comparative social mobility. The reanalysis provides considerable support for the Featherman-Jones-Hauser hypothesis, which claims that there is convergence in mobility processes once conditions of occupational supply and demand are controlled.…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns, Farm Occupations
Effah, Kofi B.; Murdock, Steve H. – 1994
This paper examines patterns of change in the number of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan Texas counties, 1980-1990. Specifically, the paper analyzes how changes in AFDC enrollment can be explained by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and the extent to which factors explaining…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Child Welfare, Counties, Demography
Holmes, Jeffrey; von Zur-Muehlen, Max – 1979
The academic rank distribution of full-time faculty at Canadian universities is examined and the potential rank distribution until 1984-1985 is projected. Changes in the distribution are simulated assuming that the number of full-time teachers remains constant during that period. At the national level, three separate projections are presented…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age, Career Ladders, College Faculty
von Zur-Muehlen, Max; Belliveau, Jo-Anne – 1980
Statistical data on full-time Canadian university teachers from 1856 to 1979 are presented. Chapter one focuses on the age structure of Canadian university teachers, discussing areas such as academic rank distribution and salary structure. Chapter two provides an overview of some of the characteristics of full-time university teachers such as the…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
Pitter, Gita Wijesinghe; Whitfield, Duane; Lanham, Claudia; Savon, Brian – 1998
Reports on an automated system used to examine progression to higher degrees and to analyze the employment and earnings of university graduates by discipline and degree level during the first and fifth years after graduation from the State University System (SUS) of Florida. The cohort examined was the 1990-91 graduating class, which consisted of…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Compensation (Remuneration), Doctoral Degrees
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Mincy, Ronald B. – Journal of Negro Education, 1989
Reviews trends in Black economic progress and compares data for Black and White families. Describes how structural changes in families and income inequalities are symptoms of a growing Black underclass. Calls for policies to reduce joblessness among underclass men and increase child support by absentee fathers. (MW)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Employment, Black Family, Blacks
Velotta, Cynthia L. – 1994
The outlook for teacher employment in public education is important to current and future teachers and policymakers of elementary, secondary, and higher educational institutions. The number of teachers needed is dependent on several factors including: (1) population of school-age children; (2) number of existing teachers; (3) age of the existing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Class Size, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education
Gordon, Howard R. D.; Cooper, Sharon P. – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted at Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) to determine enrollment, withdrawal, and placement patterns in the college's floral design and marketing certificate program and to identify changes needed to strengthen the program. The program focused on the theory and practice of floral design and marketing,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Course Selection (Students), Dropout Rate
Houseman, Susan N. – 1995
The literature on employment growth in the United States and selected industrialized countries and the wage, benefits, and job security characteristics of new and existing jobs were analyzed to determine how job growth and quality in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s compares to that in other industrialized countries. Among the study's…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Economic Change, Economic Climate
MacAllum, Keith; Bozick, Robert – 2001
The Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership (LAMP) is an academically rigorous, business/labor-driven school-to-career (STC) program in Lansing, Michigan, that includes business, union, school, and parent partners. The effects of participation in LAMP on transitions from school to higher education and work were examined in a longitudinal study of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corporations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
McClellan, Judi L.; Holden, Richard – 2001
As the United States population ages, employers face the possibility of a sustained retirement of the baby boom generation and a loss of their most experienced and knowledgeable employees. The public sector appears to be even more vulnerable, with an older-than-average workforce as well as a more traditional retirement system that encourages early…
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, Demand Occupations, Employees, Employer Employee Relationship
Owen, Greg; Shelton, Ellen; Stevens, Amy Bush; Nelson-Christinedaughter, Justine; Roy, Corinna; Heineman, June – 2000
A total of 130 Minnesota employers who had participated in local welfare-to-work partnerships with social service agencies and other community members were interviewed by telephone for their views on welfare reform. (This nonrandom sample was selected by partnership staff.) Differences among rural and urban/suburban employers were examined, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs