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Wunderman, Lorna E.; Steiber, Steven R. – Journal of Medical Education, 1983
Sixty-five percent of physicians entering their first professional positions leave the counties of their residencies, following a national migration trend to the Sun Belt. Most of these were in nonprimary care specialties and moved into self-employment or office-based practices, were disproportionately male, and moved to smaller urban or nonurban…
Descriptors: Geographic Distribution, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Migration Patterns
Taylor, Alton L.; Mandrillo, Margaret P. – 1973
A follow-up study of 478 graduates from the University of Virginia School of Nursing was designed to provide information concerning student characteristics, migration patterns, professional employment activities, graduate and/or professional study, professional activities and opinions concerning the elements that contributed most to their…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Employment Patterns, Graduate Study, Graduate Surveys
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Igras, Susan M.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1983
Sociodemographic characteristics and major factors influencing Louisiana's medical school graduates' choice of geographic location for graduate medical education are analyzed, and a profile of students preferring to study in-state is presented. Implications for states wanting to increase the proportion of medical students remaining in-state are…
Descriptors: College Choice, Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education, In State Students
Ballweg, John A.; Li, Li – 1991
This study examined the migration patterns of graduates from southern land-grant universities in an attempt to determine the characteristics of graduates who leave the state where they received the degree and their reasons for moving. The data were collected in 1986-87 by a survey of 1,858 graduates of southern land-grant universities who had…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Patterns, Fringe Benefits, Higher Education
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Fairweather, Malcolm – College Student Journal, 1981
Assessed the spatial dimension of college enrollment and develops a model explaining the distributional patterns. The potential model uses migration theory and statistical techniques and has accurately predicted student enrollment patterns in the United States and Great Britain. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Students, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends
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Gordon, Jean; Jallade, Jean-Pierre – European Journal of Education, 1996
A study of the mobility of students among the larger population of all foreign university students registered in European Union universities in academic 1993-94 found net outflows of students in several countries and some imbalances, by country, in gender distribution of mobile students. Implications for future trends in spontaneous (that is, not…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
City Univ. of New York, NY. Office of the Chancellor. – 1995
This monograph analyzes the effects of recent trends in immigration from foreign countries and migration from Puerto Rico on the makeup of the City University of New York (CUNY) student body and provides preliminary assessments of related educational needs. An introduction describes the research for the study which included census data, other…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Demography, Enrollment Trends, Futures (of Society)
Campbell, Rex R. – 1967
Past and present trends and future projections of student enrollments and total population are presented in terms of numbers, distribution, and school level attainment. Such characteristics as death rates, birth rates, migration, age, income, occupation, and education are examined in an effort to (1) evaluate their effect on the educational…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends
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Osborne, R. D.; And Others – Studies in Higher Education, 1984
The social characteristics of Northern Ireland's 1973 and 1979 college entrants were statistically analyzed and related to several aspects of public policy, especially the flow of students into and out of Northern Ireland. Working class students, women, and Catholics were found to be especially vulnerable to probable policy developments. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, College Students, Educational Policy
Hodgkinson, Harold L. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1996
Demographic influences on the makeup of urban university student populations are discussed, focusing on how demographic trends can shed light on some current debates in higher education. Issues discussed include welfare and education, ethnicity and poverty, migration patterns, the aging population, and children of Baby Boomers. (MSE)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Baby Boomers, College Students, Demography
Alaska State Commission on Postsecondary Education, Juneau. – 1978
A survey of high school seniors was conducted in Alaska to provide a profile of Alaskan seniors and their postsecondary plans. A written questionnaire, consisting of 17 questions, was sent to all public secondary schools identified as having a twelfth grade and to all senior correspondence students. Responses represented 47 of the 51 districts,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, College Bound Students, College Choice
Linney, Thomas – 1979
The current trends in college student migration and implications for higher education are discussed. Declining trends in interstate migration are rapidly limiting institutional diversity by increasing the homogeneity of student bodies. Diversity of experience and education has been noted as fostering and strengthening individual, institutional,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Attendance, College Choice, Federal Aid