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Peer reviewedHartle, Terry W.; Couch, Kenneth A. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Provides statistics on the United States' national debt and the budget deficit and warns of the dangers to the next generation if excessive federal borrowing does not stop now. (IW)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Economic Status, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Peer reviewedEntwisle, Doris R.; Astone, Nan Marie – Child Development, 1994
Suggests that recent social changes and trends make it imperative to include demographics of all kinds in research on child development. Proposes guidelines to help child development researchers procure demographic information from their study population. Provides specific questions that may help researchers devise demographic indicators, and…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Child Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Barreto, Julio, Jr.; And Others – 1986
This report provides statistical evidence of worsening conditions facing Puerto Ricans in America in the areas of (1) unemployment, (2) poverty, (3) demographics, and (4) education. It concludes with recommendations from the National Puerto Rican Forum. The unemployment rate for Puerto Ricans is the highest among Hispanic population groups. The…
Descriptors: Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Hispanic Americans
Peer reviewedShantakumar, G. – Higher Education, 1992
The arguments for and against student loans in Singapore are presented, with tables detailing trends in financing higher education. The paper concludes that such conditions as full employment, high private returns to higher education, and an efficient financial infrastructure suggest that student loans can be efficiently and equitably utilized in…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Status, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Rozen, Freida Shoenberg – 1980
Occupational stratification based on ethnic group membership is still a part of American society. In the past, ethnic stratification was perceived in conjunction with ethnic succession and it was assumed that no group would be permanently relegated to low occupational status. Today, however, flaws in the system are showing. The idea that at the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Employment Level, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Discrimination
Download full textBraddock, Jomills H., II; McPartland, James M. – 1981
This report examines previous research on school desegregation effects and suggests new research directions to provide information for policy deliberations. The current imbalance in school desegregation research is attributed to unresolved technical disputes in policy debates, the limitation of debate topics relevant for research, and the absence…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Desegregation, Desegregation Effects, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkMorrisson, Christian; Jutting, Johannes – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2004
Donor agencies and policy makers tend to agree that increased access of women to education, health, credit, formal legal rights and employment opportunities, in conjunction with economic growth, will substantially improve the socio-economic role of women in developing countries. This paper challenges that view. It argues that these measures might…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Females, Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities
