Planning Student Flow with Linear Programming: A Tunisian Case Study.

Autor/in	Bezeau, Lawrence
Institution	California Univ., Berkeley. Program in International Education Finance.
Titel	Planning Student Flow with Linear Programming: A Tunisian Case Study.
Quelle	(1975), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Developing Nations; Educational Needs; Educational Opportunities; Educational Planning; Higher Education; Human Capital; Labor Economics; Labor Market; Labor Needs; Linear Programing; Models; Productivity; Resource Allocation; Secondary Education; Teacher Supply and Demand; Tunisia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Bildungsplanung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Humankapital; Arbeitsökonomie; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Analogiemodell; Produktivität; Ressourcenallokation; Sekundarbereich; Lehrerbedarf; Tunesien
Abstract	A student flow model in linear programming format, designed to plan the movement of students into secondary and university programs in Tunisia, is described. The purpose of the plan is to determine a sufficient number of graduating students that would flow back into the system as teachers or move into the labor market to meet fixed manpower targets. The problem is to simultaneously consider a large number of programs and levels in the education system as well as to represent the production of teachers over a number of planning years. A linear programming model was chosen because of the wide availability of codes designed specifically for the optimization of linear problems. The modeling process illustrates the conceptual distinction between predictive and prescriptive planning. Predictive planning assumes externally controlled variables while prescriptive planning assumes that the government or planning body controls all the important variables. This model demonstrates that linear programming is suitable for both types of planning and that the ultimate determinants of the model are the manpower needs of the country. The structure of the model, its bounds and constraints with respect to pupil and teacher flow and graduation targets, and diagrams of the structure presented in the paper. (Author/JH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC