TY - JOUR
T1 - Competition for university enrollments
T2 - The Repercussions of changing U.S. age composition, 1978 to 2001
AU - Plane, David A.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - The changing age composition of the U.S. population portends renewed enrollment pressures on colleges and universities during the 1990s. This article explores the geographic dimensions of the continued passage of the "baby bust" generation through the prime college-going age. It analyzes trends at the state level in actual and projected numbers of high school graduates. It then models the interstate "state" that takes place in college-bound high school graduates using a simple, constant transition probability assumption and a base-period pattern of interstate student flows. While the focus is national, Arizona serves as the example for a single state.
AB - The changing age composition of the U.S. population portends renewed enrollment pressures on colleges and universities during the 1990s. This article explores the geographic dimensions of the continued passage of the "baby bust" generation through the prime college-going age. It analyzes trends at the state level in actual and projected numbers of high school graduates. It then models the interstate "state" that takes place in college-bound high school graduates using a simple, constant transition probability assumption and a base-period pattern of interstate student flows. While the focus is national, Arizona serves as the example for a single state.
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U2 - 10.1016/0362-3319(89)90024-4
DO - 10.1016/0362-3319(89)90024-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34247776537
SN - 0362-3319
VL - 26
SP - 205
EP - 221
JO - The Social Science Journal
JF - The Social Science Journal
IS - 2
ER -