This paper reviews research on the returns to education in Tanzania, both financial and non-financial, and considers whether these returns translate into poverty reduction. It looks at reasons why achievement of high primary enrolment rates in the past did not lead to the realisation of the associated developmental outcomes, considering factors…

Biostatistics is not universally available in colleges/universities and is thus an attractive course to offer via distance education. However, evaluation of the impact of distance education on course enrollment and student success is lacking. We evaluated an "Introduction to Biostatistics" course at Harvard University that offered the distance…

This study investigates curricular change, coinciding with the implementation of a number of educational reforms aimed at raising Florida's academic standards, in Dade County secondary schools between 1982-83 and 1986-87. To ascertain the degree and type of change experienced, curriculum information on class section quantities and enrollments was…

The use of computer graphic techniques with basic student enrollment statistics is examined to promote understanding of changes in student flow as a function of spatial distribution. Basic initial student enrollment data that serve as input into predictive flow models were modeled at Eastern Kentucky University. The following commercially…

The most critical problems relating to school closings are people problems. Superintendents who have met and conquered such crises as the need to build schools, the problems of integration, attacks from the extremes of political left and right, and teacher militancy will have developed the competencies, expertise, and confidence to deal with…

Northwestern University has started a marketing strategy to interest potential students, including a road show and direct mailings. (PG)

Presents two notes regarding the article "The Flow of Chemists" published in the January issue of 'Education in Science' (61 page 21) related to declining numbers of chemistry students in higher education. Both writers suggest different syllabuses requiring less math and a better match of material to student ability and understanding. (EB)

THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (MLA) STATISTICAL SURVEY AVAILABLE IN MARCH 1966 CORROBORATED PREVIOUS, LESS EXTENSIVE, STUDIES SPONSORED BY "THE CLASSICAL WORLD," AND SHOWED THAT ENROLLMENTS IN LATIN AND GREEK HAVE GROWN SLOWLY BUT RESPECTABLY, AND THAT ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF COLLEGES DO NOT OFFER CLASSICAL LANGUAGES, MANY DO NOT PROVIDE…

A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF MODERN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS FOR THE FALL OF 1958 AND 1959. DISCUSSIONS CENTERED ON (1) NATIONAL DATA, (2) BREAKDOWN BY LANGUAGES, (3) COVERAGE OF THE SURVEY, (4) STATISTICAL TABLES, (5) CRITICALLY NEEDED LANGUAGES, (6) DATA ON PUERTO RICO, AND (7) SURVEY TABLES. THE REPORT SHOWED THAT IN 1,039 INSTITUTIONS DURING…

Information about school operations in 50 cities with a core population of over 300,000 is presented in an attempt to reveal something about changes taking place. Relating generally to trends in population, enrollment, and finance and to boards of education, 37 items of data are presented for each city. These include: Number of teachers and…

Recent trends in full-time equivalent enrollment (FTE) at the Coast Community College District to the contrary, the District should anticipate a reduction in FTE enrollment growth rates over the next few years and, perhaps, a reduction in FTE enrollments absolutely. Evidence leading to this conclusion consists of reductions in population, high…