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ERIC Number: EJ649302
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-8926
Community College Enrollment as a Function of Economic Indicators.
Pennington, Kevin L.; McGinty, Dixie; Williams, Mitchell R.
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v26 n5 p431-437 Jun 2002
Discusses a study that investigated the ability of national economic trends to predict enrollment in community colleges. Reports that unemployment rate, gross domestic product, dollars disposable income, and personal consumption expenditures are good indicators of trends in community college enrollment, but that consumer price index and average hourly earnings were not significantly correlated to total or per capita enrollment. (Contains 17 references.) (AUTH/NB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Climate, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends, Predictor Variables, Social Indicators, Two Year Colleges, Unemployment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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