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Calteaux, Karen – 1996
This report provides data on standard and non-standard African language varieties occurring in urban areas of South Africa, drawn from nine smaller reports. It illustrates the language use patterns in black urban communities and describes the language varieties spoken in them. It was found that the impact of non-standard varieties on the use of…
Descriptors: African Languages, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Information Center on Education. – 1991
This publication contains tables which present data concerning the distribution of 1990-91 high school graduates of New York State's public and nonpublic schools. The data were obtained through the Education Department's Basic Educational Data System and reflect the status of graduates as reported by school principals in the fall of 1991. Table 1…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Educational Trends, Geographic Distribution, High School Graduates
Kentucky State Council on Higher Education, Frankfort. – 1988
Data on geographic origins of students in Kentucky's public and independent colleges and universities are reported. All higher education institutions, including two-year colleges, four-year colleges, and universities, are included. Tables present information on total and first-time freshman enrollment by county and state of student origin for each…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Enrollment, Geographic Distribution, Higher Education
Garkovich, Lorraine – 1989
The shift from a predominantly rural American society to one where three-quarters of the people reside in urban areas has been largely the result of migration. Migration has been and will continue to be the key population process in rural America. The relationship between migration and the other components of population change, and their joint…
Descriptors: Geographic Distribution, Migration, Migration Patterns, Population Distribution
Tremblay, Daniel – 1987
A study looks at the economic, social, cultural, and political factors involved in conflicts between New Brunswick language communities in the last two decades. The demographic, economic, cultural, and political relationships between the French and English language communities are presented and discussed in terms of political matters and principal…
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, English, Foreign Countries, French
Noel, Lucie – 1987
A study looks at the economic, social, cultural, and political factors at work in conflicts between Quebec language communities in recent years. The historical and current demographic, economic, cultural, and political relationships between the French and English speaking communities are presented and discussed in terms of political issues and…
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, English, Foreign Countries, French
Center for Education Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1987
The number of earned bachelor's and higher degrees conferred are summarized by degree level, field of study, and sex of recipients, based on the the Survey of Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred between July 1, 1984 and June 30, 1985, as part of the Higher Education General Information Survey. While the number of degrees awarded to women…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
Shiqi, Huang – 1985
Problems and issues concerning recruitment and professional development of academic staff at higher education institutions in China are identified, and successful faculty development programs are described. Problems include: low qualifications of a significant proportion of the staff; low percentage of senior faculty; abnormal age distribution of…
Descriptors: Age Groups, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
Johnson, Patricia A.; And Others – 1983
This report presents 1980 census data on the geographic distribution of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. The 1980 census was the first one to identify the total Asian and Pacific Islander population and its subgroups. Information on the total Asian and Pacific Islander population is shown for the United States, regions,…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Demography, Filipino Americans
Rios, Betty Rose D. – 1988
Defining the concept "rural" to the satisfaction of demographers, policymakers, educational researchers, sociologists, journalists, and legislators is an ongoing and complex problem. As a sampling of definitions used by different researchers/agencies illustrates, the two categories of definitions of rural--qualitative and…
Descriptors: Community Size, Definitions, Demography, Enrollment
Brakely, John Price Jones, Inc., Stamford, CT. – 1987
In the second annual national compensation survey of chief development officers (CDOs) in higher education institutions, 268 respondents provided career histories and compensation information for their own positions and base salary information for mid-level staff positions in the development offices they manage. Highlights of the findings include…
Descriptors: Administrators, Age, College Administration, Compensation (Remuneration)
Zikopoulos, Marianthi, Ed. – 1987
The 1987/88 edition of the Institute of International Education's annual publication enumerating the foreign student population in the United States is presented. Campus officials provided institutional totals of foreign students in the categories of country of origin and academic and personal characteristics. This source of information on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Enrollment Trends, Ethnic Distribution, Foreign Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1988
The Hispanic American elderly represent an ever growing share of America's older population. This report provides statistical information about the older Hispanic American population in the following areas: (1) demography; (2) composition; (3) geographical distribution; (4) population projections; (5) income; (6) poverty, including poverty among…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Employment Level, Geographic Distribution
de Man, W. H. Erik, Ed. – 1984
This preliminary conceptual framework and the 23 related guidelines have been prepared by specialists drawn from both developed and developing nations as a joint project of the International Institute for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC). The project was designed to analyze linkages between natural resource based data and certain types of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Databases, Developing Nations, Geographic Distribution
Hebbeler, Evangeline L. – 1984
Recent trends in dental education and the supply of dentists for the South are examined to assist state policymakers and school officials. The supply of dentists has increased faster than the population over the past decade and will continue to increase through 1990; in the south the rate of growth exceeded the national rate. At the same time, the…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Dental Students, Dentistry, Educational Policy
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