Recent enrollment trends in Australia show technical and continuing education to be growing fastest. Reasons for this change in enrollment patterns may include demographic change, change in participation rates, declining demand for school teachers, graduate underemployment, and political influences. This pattern is likely to continue in the near…

Higher education institutions in Australia are cautioned against placing too much emphasis in admissions on previous academic performance, whose predictive validity is questioned, and too little emphasis on other important factors relating to equity in the selection process and to educational supply and demand. (MSE)

A study of the labor market for college graduates in Australia is examined and evaluated, and its implications for curriculum and administrative planning in higher education are discussed. It is concluded that such data collection should be widely undertaken in the future. (MSE)

To meet the national demand for access to higher education, Australia's system must become more market centered and customer driven. Smaller, regional universities have advantages that allow them to be more competitive than others. By identifying and building on their strengths, they can have an important role. (MSE)

Reduced prospects of an academic career may make doctoral training less attractive in the future and may already be affecting graduate enrollment. Growth in graduate enrollment in Australia from 1974 to 1978 has been greatest in master's coursework and less in master's research degrees and doctorates. (MSE)

The future for continuing education centers looks poor unless they mobilize to discover new education "markets" to compensate for the loss of students in regular university departments. This would alleviate some of the tensions between extension and regular services. (MSE)

The variety of educational programs being made available to older adults in different countries is outlined, and the issues in the development of such programs in Australasia are examined. (MSE)

Issues in selective admissions in Australia and especially in Victoria are reviewed. Administrative and policy issues are analyzed and some of the consequences of an imbalance between supply and demand are addressed. (MLW)

A study of postsecondary educational demand in a reqion of Australia reveals information on high school students' anticipated participation, planned level of study, degree aspiration, institutional choice, and preference for field of study. Data tables are included. (MSE)

Issues of the university's role in social and economic progress, educational demand, employment needs and patterns, changes in instructional methods, research, and managing change without growth are discussed. The need to extract long-term policy needs from the multiplicity of short-term administrative demands is examined. (MSE)

The advantages and disadvantages of college mergers are examined in the context of Australia's experience, and the opportunities offered by cooperative rather than adversarial change are emphasized. (MSE)