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Graff, Thomas O. – 1978
Changes have occurred in the geographic concentrations of elderly people in the United States between 1950 and 1970. The paper examines these trends and identifies the factors which influenced them. Census data from 1950 and 1970 were analyzed as a basis for the study. In 1950, 8.1% of the population was classified as older. States with high…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Marvin, Richard – 1977
To judge the feasibility of establishing government-supported day secondary schools in rural areas, researchers in Uganda tested whether a school attendance area delineated by a circle of five kilometers' radius from the school would provide sufficient numbers of students. At present the Ugandan government supports only secondary boarding schools,…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Bicycling, Day Schools, Distance
Health Resources Administration (DHHS/PHS), Hyattsville Md. Office of Graduate Medical Education. – 1980
The Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee's (GMENAC) report on the present and future supply and requirements of physicians by specialty and geographic location is provided. Part I presents a listing of Panel recommendations and options for addressing the problem, while Part II presents an introduction to this report. Part III…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Demand, Foreign Students, Futures (of Society)
Braun, Shepard – 1979
University education in Alberta during the next two decades is addressed in relation to the increasing in-migration and uncertain participation. Although Alberta has the highest rate of net population gain among all provinces due to in-migration, it is not clear how many of the 18-24-year-old cohort will be job-seekers rather than potential…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Demography, Educational Demand, Employment Projections
Texas Coll. and Univ. System, Austin. Coordinating Board. – 1980
Forecasts of fall headcount enrollment for 1980-90 for higher education institutions in Texas are presented. These revised forecasts are based on a combination of projected population for the state and historical college attendance patterns. Two additional years of official county population estimates and actual college enrollments were used, and…
Descriptors: Age Groups, College Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Projections
Olds, Edward B. – 1968
A study was undertaken to provide planners, educators, administrators, and citizen leaders with basic information on neighborhood environmental characteristics related to extending educational opportunities--with emphasis on teacher education--in New York City. Correlation and factor analyses of data from 1960 census tabulations and from various…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Delinquency, Educational Opportunities, Ethnic Distribution
Rouse, William B., Ed. – 1975
Three papers based on projects produced in a course entitled Operations Research and Library Management, jointly sponsored by the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and the Graduate School of Library Science are reported and explained. Topics covered include an assessment of faculty interest in an information retrieval service;…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Collection, Documentation, Geographic Distribution
Rural Development Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1972
As the second annual report (1971) on the availability of government and government assisted services to rural areas, this report presents narrative and tabular data emphasizing: (1) income and population trends in relation to objectives for balanced growth; (2) relationship of geographical distribution of Federal outlays to the patterns of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
National Health Council, New York, NY. – 1973
Twenty-six health manpower experts met to: (1) recommend criteria for selecting proposals for local/regional demonstration projects; (2) recommend criteria for selection of areas or sites in which to implement demonstration projects, and (3) develop guidelines for a national program to involve the health professions in alleviating the problem of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Geographic Distribution
Zirkel, Perry Alan – 1973
The purpose of this study was to develop a data base concerning the home background of Puerto Rican pupils as it relates to present and potential educational progress. Specifically, the study was designed to secure and summarize systematic data concerning the following factors: (1) the educational level of the parents and their educational…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Educational Background, Elementary School Students, Family Characteristics
Health Resources Administration (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD. Bureau of Health Manpower. – 1976
Enrollment data are provided for each school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, and veterinary medicine for the academic years 1970-71 through 1977-78. In one section, the schools are classified by discipline, and within each discipline the schools are sorted alphabetically by state; discipline totals are also…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Dentistry, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
Shannon, Mary Lee Rice – 1976
This study was undertaken with the belief that financial need is not an isolated barrier to postsecondary education and that it is frequently accompanied by distinct motivational, academic, and geographic factors. The distribution of Alabama's poverty on a county level is shown and evaluated. It is noted that all of the countries with a…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Financial Needs
Health Resources Administration (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD. – 1976
The Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 extends health manpower training authorities through FY 1980 with significant changes to meet national needs. It is designed to produce more primary care practitioners and improve health services in manpower shortage areas, providing support for the training of health professions (medicine,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Construction Needs, Dentists, Educational Legislation

Philips, B. U.; And Others – Journal of Allied Health, 1978
A survey of migration patterns for 122 allied health graduates from colleges and hospitals in south Texas showed serious shortages of health care to depressed, ethnic, and rural areas. The paper discusses possible correction for this maldistribution through community recruitment of indigenous personnel. (MF)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Geographic Distribution

Rabinowitz, Howard K. – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
Rural background and specialty choice of family medicine are each significant predictors of practice in a nonmetropolitan area. The utilization of the medical school selection process to address the maldistribution problem is examined, and a predictive model is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Choice, Educational Policy, Estimation (Mathematics)