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Speck, Frank G. – American Indian Journal, 1976
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Development, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)
Guimary, Donald L. – 1986
Prompted by a report of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), which noted a correlation between regional minority population and newsroom employment, a study investigated the hiring patterns of 24 small and medium-sized California dailies. California was chosen because it has one of the highest non-white populations in the nation…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Journalism, Minority Groups, News Reporting
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Friedlander, Dov; Goldscheider, Calvin – Population Bulletin, 1984
This bulletin describes the interplay of demographic and sociopolitical processes in Israel since the state's founding in May 1948 and projects what it might be to 2015. Heavy Jewish immigration, especially during the "mass immigration" of 1948-51, has balanced the high natural increase of Moslems so that the proportion of Jews in…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Jews, Migration
Jones, Evan; And Others – 1983
The demographic context that will affect postsecondary education in Western Australia is examined, with attention to recent trends in population growth as well as population distribution and projections to the year 2021. The analysis is based on the 1981 Population and Housing Census and population projections of the Australian Bureau of…
Descriptors: College Planning, Demography, Foreign Countries, Population Distribution
Kantrowitz, Nathan – Amer J Sociol, 1969
Revision of a paper prepared for discussion at the Columbia University Seminar on Population and Social Change, December 1967.
Descriptors: Ethnic Distribution, Ethnic Groups, Population Distribution, Population Trends
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1980
This document provides a State by State overview of the child count and grant awards under the Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Program for fiscal years 1978 and 1980. The Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Program provides Federal financial assistance to States for educational services to Indochinese refugee children aged 5 through 17…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Laotians
Ferendino, A. J. – Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 1967
One of a series of papers prepared by members of the American Institute of Architects Committee on School and College Architecture and by selected specialists to make laymen aware of school building problems and trends and to stimulate discussion. The article sees the educational park concept as deriving from, in its simplest form, the…
Descriptors: Centralization, Educational Parks, Educational Programs, Organization
Rives, Norfleet W., Jr. – 1973
This report presents current estimates and projections to 1990 for Delaware population and higher education enrollment. The population estimates and projections are tabulated by age and sex for the total population of the State and by single years of age for the population of college age. The enrollment estimates and projections are tabulated by…
Descriptors: College Students, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education
Taylor, Benjamin J.; Helmkamp, John – 1971
Included in this report on Arizona Indian demographic data are "an evaluation of several recent studies of Indian populations" and "an extensive analysis of methods for obtaining and maintaining accurate data in the future." Recommended methods by which accurate population data for the smaller reservations should be maintained are included in the…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Demography, Human Resources
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Lee, Gary R.; Finney, John M. – Journal of Gerontology, 1977
This paper describes a two-stage sampling design for obtaining probability samples of the elderly and other specialized populations. Results indicate elderly individuals will respond, use of the design does not appear to increase sample bias, and the method is extremely inexpensive. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Gerontology, Older Adults, Population Distribution
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McQueen, P. Cameron; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1987
Regional prevalence of major mental retardation in 7- to 10-year-olds in a cross-sectional survey of the Canadian Maritime Provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) was 3.65/1000. Variation in prevalence rate was associated with maternal age, areas of greater population concentration, and number of physicians per capita.…
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Foreign Countries, Health Services
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Gordon, Larry J. – Journal of Environmental Health, 1976
The author suggests that numbers and distribution of people should be given highest priority in dealing with environmental quality. If population problems are solved, then other environmental problems will be prevented or solved. New Mexico, contends the author, must determine the balance between growth and quality of life. (MR)
Descriptors: Community Size, Environmental Standards, Overpopulation, Pollution
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Parai, Louis – International Migration Review, 1975
Recent developments in Canada's immigration policy are examined, and it is stressed that economic considerations play an increasingly important role in determining the composition of immigration into Canada. (Author)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Criteria, Economic Factors, History
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Virginia State Dept. of Community Colleges, Richmond. – 2000
This document provides numerical data on the rates of population participation in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) by city and county. Population estimates are based on March 2000 U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Highlights include: (1) the within-region rate for the VCCS is 1.7%, which exceeds the previous year's level and is most…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Community Colleges, Educational Demand, Enrollment
Henry, Michael M. – Momentum, 1974
Author attempts to suggest population education materials most appropriate to the Catholic educational system. (GB)
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Demography, Minority Groups
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