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Malamud, Ofer; Wozniak, Abigail – Journal of Human Resources, 2012
We examine the causal effect of education on migration using variation in college attainment due to draft-avoidance behavior during the Vietnam War. We use national and state-level induction risk to identify both college attainment and veteran status for men observed in the 1980 Census. 2SLS estimates imply that additional years of college…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, War, Males
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Wright, Christina J. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2012
Using data gathered from students attending Southeast Community and Technical College in Harlan County, Kentucky, this article discusses how a commitment to place informs and shapes rural students' decisions around post-secondary education, career, and residence. Though some students connected advanced education with rural outmigration, other…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technical Institutes, Educational Attainment, Quality of Life
Noel-Levitz, Inc, 2010
Does your campus' enrollment success depend on traditional-age students? Do you draw from one of the 39 states plus District of Columbia that will soon see significant changes in the numbers and make-up of direct-from-high-school students? Is your campus ready for these changes? Campus administrators are regularly reminded to keep an eye on…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Colleges, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
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Britez, Rodrigo; Peters, Michael A. – Policy Futures in Education, 2010
This article discusses some of the issues that surround the internationalization of higher education as a way to open discussion about the construction of an alternative cosmopolitical vision of the university, necessary if the university is to fulfill any historic tasks concerning the creation of globally aware citizens. The authors indicate that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Education, Global Approach, Cultural Pluralism
Greiner, Keith – Online Submission, 2008
This report describes the migration of first-time first-year students from other states to Iowa, and from Iowa to other states. Iowa had a net gain of 4,975 first-year students who came to the state to study in 2006. The numbers were provided by over 6,000 colleges and universities across the United States and were analyzed, from an Iowa…
Descriptors: Migration Patterns, College Freshmen, College Students, Higher Education
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Hoerder, Dirk – OAH Magazine of History, 1999
Describes the characteristics of migration systems where two or more societies are connected through migration patterns. Identifies the four major migration systems that populated North America. Reviews the literature in relation to migration systems and discusses autobiographical accounts of migration. Provides an extensive bibliography. (CMK)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Family Characteristics, Higher Education, Historiography
Kalb, John M. – 1979
The development of the State University System of Florida is studied from 1959, before any "new" schools were added to the three already established (The University of Florida, Florida State University, and Florida A & M University), until 1974, two years after the final expansion to the present nine schools in the system.…
Descriptors: Educational History, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends, Geographic Distribution
Lasher, William F.; And Others – 1980
Analytical techniques developed by the University of Texas at Austin to deal with problems of forecasting future enrollments, instructional workloads, and funding levels are considered. In order to project university enrollments, Texas public high school graduates were projected. In-migration rates were separated from survival rates,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Budgeting, College Freshmen, Educational Finance
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Nyborg, Per – European Journal of Education, 1996
Patterns in college student mobility between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden are examined, with attention given to challenges posed by having three of these countries within the European Union and two outside it. The role of several formal agreements is discussed, and implications for policy needs concerning interinstitutional and/or…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
Wiske, Martha Stone; Graham, Maryemma – 1993
This document reports on the "Great Migration" project at Harvard University that brought together scholars and teachers to study the roots, processes, and results of African Americans' urban migration during the period from 1900-1939. The primary purpose of the project was to enhance teachers' scholarly understanding of this aspect of…
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Demography, Higher Education
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Kameoka, Yu – European Journal of Education, 1996
Several issues in college student mobility between Japan and other member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are examined, including the role of organized regional mobility in various areas of the world, curriculum development to meet the needs of international students, and the need for more analysis of…
Descriptors: College Students, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Curriculum Development
Lefberg, Irv; And Others – 1996
This publication provides actual historical and long-term forecast data on labor force, total wage and salary employment, industry employment, and personal income for the state of Washington. The data are based upon the Washington Office of Financial Management long-term population forecast. Chapter 1 presents long-term forecasts of Washington…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Demand Occupations, Demography, Employment Opportunities
Ringenberg, Thomas D.; Zikmund, Joseph, II – Connection: New England's Journal of Higher Education and Economic Development, 1997
Analyzes interstate migration patterns of New England's college students, including patterns unique to each state and movement to states outside the region. Discusses factors affecting migration. Includes data on migration of freshmen to and from New England, net student migration to other states, and New England institutions and other…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Freshmen, College Students, Comparative Analysis
National Puerto Rican Coalition, Washington, DC. – 1992
This booklet describes the issues and findings of a series of symposia on Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico and in the United States. From 1988 to 1992, six symposia were held, three in the United States and three in Puerto Rico, on topics such as migration, culture and language, community characteristics, strengthening relations between the two…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community Development, Community Relations, Conferences
Winter, Frank H. – 1988
The history of Filipino immigrants to the United States and the contributions they have made to American society are discussed in this book which is part of a series for children. The Philippines is the only nation in Asia that is predominantly Christian and English-speaking. The country was a colony of the United States from 1896 to 1946, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Childrens Literature, Cultural Background, Economic Factors