In the search for a viable twenty-first century cost-sharing contract between university, student and state, the issues of rising participation and student demand, functional differentiation, institutional competition and stratification and social inequality are systematically discussed. The argument develops through, firstly, a critical appraisal…

"Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States, 2009" represents the seventh annual report on the state of online learning among higher education institutions in the United States. The study is aimed at answering some of the fundamental questions about the nature and extent of online education. Based on responses from over…

This paper investigates the main determinants of applying to in-state public colleges and universities. I use data from over 500,000 SAT and ACT test takers to examine the roles of college quality and tuition in the college selection decision. I take advantage of the interstate variation in quality and tuition at the public flagship universities…

Consumer education's role in business education should attempt to provide students with consumer understandings and skills that will serve them personally both at home and on-the-job. Part of business education classroom activities should then center on consumer rights, needs, and problems. (BP)

This paper presents evidence of the demand for education. The study uses the translog-LES (Linear Expenditure System) indirect utility function to analyze the demand within a multicommunity framework for annual U.S. expenditures for 1958-1982. Taste change has moved toward the consumption of education, and the consumer has suffered because of…

The authors present the hypothesis that the integration of communications technology into a cooperative and comprehensive systems design is the only way a state can realistically meet its continuing obligation to provide increased learning opportunities...without a vast increase in the percentage of tax money spent on public instruction. (Editor)

Chandra applies economic terminology to the field of education, with emphasis on the idea of education as savings''. (SP)

The author discusses a number of current trends which seem likely to shape future developments" in education. (Author/AK)

Discusses the various types of adult religious education that can be offered by a parish depending on what the adult participants want to know. (AN)

Examines the role of organizational processes in generating the demand for qualified personnel. Neo-Weberian theorists point to the importance of contextual features of organizations such as size and national prominence as predictors of educational demand. Neo-Marxist historians examine the role played by credentials. (AM)

Describes how many colleges are overwhelmed by a wave of new students, but that a select few are riding the crest. (EV)

Describes how for-profit education companies see advanced degrees for school teachers as a growth market (EV)

Uses information on educational aspirations collected in early surveys of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) to examine postsecondary educational choices and provide new estimates of the democratization and diversion effects of community colleges. Finds, for example, that community colleges increase average educational attainment for…

Chicago's Renaissance 2010 seeks to create 100 new and autonomous schools by 2010. These new schools are expected to increase choice for parents and students, enact innovative practices, and help create a portfolio of schools designed to make the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) more diversified, responsive, and effective. Renaissance Schools Fund…

Demand for university education has increased due to the recent innovations of universal, free and compulsory education at the basic and senior secondary education level. Education has been expanding very rapidly at all levels in Nigeria. However, there are serious problems related to quality, equity, unavailable human and material resources and…