This report highlights the demand for skills in the global economy and the ways in which educators can meet this demand by drawing on both career and technical education and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills' Framework for 21st Century Learning. Twenty-first century skills and career and technical education are essential in every state,…

In response to enrollment demand at the California Community Colleges, the Commission has approved five proposals since 2000 to create new community college campuses and off-campus centers. Among the significant findings of this updated report are the following: (1) Based on current space and utilization standards, the community college system…

Constructs an input-output model, similar to those used to analyze interdependence among sectors in an economy, for application to administration of a school within a university. The model makes possible forecasting of personnel requirements for each component within the school, generated by changes in external demands for school services that…

Policy analysis provides the framework for enrollment planning in the Arizona university system. The new planning model consists of a statement of principles, a five-year strategic plan, an enrollment demand model, determination of institutional capacities, development of strategies to meet demand, and analysis of policy choices and consequences.…

Although private colleges, like others, must respond to current fiscal constraints, there is strength in the variety that private institutions offer. These special combinations are market responsive, offering a desired variety in price, student body, quality, and many other, often intangible dimensions that people want and are willing to pay for.…

A study testing many hypotheses from recent literature on college tuition determination is reported. The persistence of hypothesized relationships through several decades of varying environmental conditions and institutional circumstances serves as a basis for recommendations regarding the control of tuition increases in U.S. colleges and…

The tension between government and higher education is examined through a framework of higher education system types, which are based on a model positing three forces on higher education systems: state, market, and oligarchical aspects. Implications for system coordination and for governance are considered. (MSE)

Describes a Pennsylvania county school district's efforts to restore summer school despite budget restrictions and declining enrollments by combining forces with 14 other schools. Five local superintendents developed a plan for a countywide remedial program charging students $60 tuition for each 2-hour course taken. (MLH)

This study proposes to answer the question--What is and might be the present and future scenarios of higher education institutions in Mexico according to their leaders' perceptions? Special emphasis is placed on the differences between public and private institutions. The study emphasized that leaders of private and public universities in Mexico…

Attempts to update chronology of events in noncompulsory upper secondary education in Australia since 1987. Identifies key differences among trajectories for Australia's conservative, progressive, and "common culture" states and territories as they deal with increased demand for higher level of schooling. Highlights some underlying…

Key concepts for building a needs assessment information system are discussed (i.e., need, needs assessment, management, and information system). For the areas of basic or general education, recreation/leisure, and work, a chart illustrates kinds of needs (i.e., normative, felt, expressed, comparative, and anticipated). Three aspects of needs…

Ways that population trends, societal pressures, and changing economic conditions affect learning needs are addressed. Small and large colleges are given information to help them evaluate their missions, chart new directions, and make necessary adaptations in their curricula. The three issues addressed are the theoretical formulation of the…

Presents a model of school enrollment determinants that incorporates public decisions about the supply of schools and tests the model with 1970 Brazilian census data. Results show that enrollment rates are affected more strongly by demand-variables (information access and demand for children's labor) than by public supply decisions. Includes 4…

This paper addresses the issue of how one might go about providing a reasonable answer to the question of how many students will enroll in a new academic program at a university and applies the principles to the process of estimating demand for a new collegiate aviation program. A combination of approaches is suggested, including the following:…

The application of basic marketing techniques to achieve the goals of colleges and universities is discussed. The guide is designed to help administrators and admission officers influence the image projected by their institutions. Attention is also directed to how to position an institution among its competitors, how to develop activities and…