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Peer reviewedLyell, Edward H.; Toole, Patrick – Planning for Higher Education, 1974
Surveys current methodologies and problems in enrollment forecasting at the State and institutional level. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Prediction
Coldeway, Dan O.; Spencer, Robert E. – 1980
High rates of learner attrition from courses continue to plague distance education institutions. As educational researchers continue to examine the attrition/completion issue, many measurement problems emerge. Focusing on Athabasca University, Alberta, this paper, part of a series produced by Project REDEAL (Research and Evaluation of Distance…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Distance Education, Dropouts, Foreign Countries
Sanber, Shukri R.; Millman, Jason – 1987
This paper summarizes and analyzes data from studies of differential validity and differential prediction for blacks versus whites and females versus males. Forty studies on racial differences and 53 on gender differences were selected from searches of the ERIC, PsychInfo, and Dissertation Abstracts International databases; Buros' Mental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Females
Casserly, Patricia Lund – 1986
This study evaluates the effects of the Advanced Placement (AP) Program in the lives of students and investigates the validity of the Advanced Placement Examinations at participating colleges and universities. Nine of the colleges and universities that received the most AP candidates in 1982 were selected for the study. The transcripts of a large…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Students, College Entrance Examinations
