ERIC Number: EJ537842
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Who Will Our Students Be? Demographic Implications for Urban and Metropolitan Universities.
Hodgkinson, Harold L.
Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, v7 n3 p25-39 Win 1996
Demographic influences on the makeup of urban university student populations are discussed, focusing on how demographic trends can shed light on some current debates in higher education. Issues discussed include welfare and education, ethnicity and poverty, migration patterns, the aging population, and children of Baby Boomers. (MSE)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Baby Boomers, College Students, Demography, Educational Trends, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends, Ethnic Groups, Higher Education, Migration Patterns, Nontraditional Students, Poverty, Social Change, Student Characteristics, Trend Analysis, Urban Universities
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue: Highlights of the Meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (Orlando, FL. June, 1996)
