This paper briefly reviews the historical development of the university system in Chile, and describes the current structure of funding, supply and demand for tertiary education, research and university services. Both public and private universities in Chile have expanded and restructured, access to tertiary education has improved, and…

Technological advancement in Russia has resulted in a need for specialists with higher education. This article discusses the problems met in trying to determine the need for engineers and economists and in attempting to recover training costs. (Author/RM)

Regarding the future of American education, although there have been problems in the past, the experience with Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 demonstrates that schools can, albeit slowly, devise new programs and new ways of working with disadvantaged children. (Author/JA)

A system of elements for matching the supply and demand for workers from higher education is outlined. A portion of the system is exercised to obtain a provisional evaluation of supply and demand levels under assumptions of increased educational upgrading and industrial growth for the Southern region. (Editor/PG)

During the past five years the college's career programs have been growing steadily. Each year this growth has been noted mainly by comparison with the previous year. The present report shows how career programs have been growing in the longer term. A five-year time frame has been selected for comparison. The number of students enrolling in career…

Two linear workload models of the University of California have been developed which can be used to forecast the university's demand for faculty. Both utilize a matrix of faculty input coefficients to transform a vector of student enrollment projections into a forecast of required faculty members. The purpose of the present investigation was…

Higher Education is charged by its critics with increased irrelevance and continuing inflexibility. Defenders of tradition, on the other hand, often see the university as a shambles of innovation and disorder. The perspective offered by the graphic tables in this document of enrollment trends and patterns over several decades offers some middle…

The purpose of the study was to consider the viability of expanding the medical school within existing resources such as personnel, hospitals and clinics, in North Dakota. Questionnaires were used to obtain information about existing health education programs, the facilities for training physicians, and the willingness of area physicians to teach…

This document, published annually, reports general information as well as detailed data concerning both the public and the private segments of the higher education system of Florida. Various tables provide breakdowns of total, graduate, and first-time-in-college enrollment by State and county for each of the four types of schools (public…

As first step in evaluation of basic education programs funded through Adult Education Act of 1966, analyses of interviews with students in first few months of 1972 are reported. 90 interviewing sites, located in 15 states representing all U.S. geographic areas were used. Program, class, and student test data are not reflected in this report.…

Research memoranda numbers 10 through 14 are included in this 6th volume. (The general nature of the memoranda and related documents are described in SO 005 892). The Research Memoranda essays are: #10) "On the Meaning of Demand for Knowledge" by Bent Stidsen; #11) "On Knowledge Utilization in Education: Some Strategic Explorations by Lee Thayer;…

Analyzes the low mobility of French secondary school graduates toward the most profitable higher education programs. Proves that the economic model of educational demand is inadequate. Students' choice ultimately depends on the advantages linked to possessing degrees or the effort required to obtain them. Includes 6 tables, 18 notes, and 15…

The former Assistant Secretary for Education reflects on some of the salient trends and issues confronting our schools and colleges. (Editor)

Discusses supply and demand projections for Ph.D.'s. (Editor/PG)