In a bold, imaginative step, Wilson College conducted a media tour, that included 37 television shows, 35 radio programs and 22 newspaper interviews, to serve as a coordinated public relations campaign to help improve enrollments. (Author/PG)

To ascertain whether an influx of new lawyers would indeed depress earnings or drive marginally successful lawyers to other fields of work, this article: examines the structure of the legal-services industry, ascertains the determinants of lawyers' incomes, and attempts to predict the current and potential increases in the number of lawyers.…

Describes Japan's archaic university admissions system. (Author/PG)

An analysis of North Central Association school development including demographic settings, enrollment trends and graduates produced, salary dispersal, and curriculum features. (RK)

Using a modified labor market analysis, examines the impact of growth of social work programs on educational standards, the human services labor market, and the salary structure of graduates. Suggests that a perceived surplus of social work education programs has been detrimental to the income potential of entry-level social workers, to the…

Discusses six propositions concerning higher education contradicting prevailing pricing wisdom: high demand rarely drives prices up; market share increases rarely drive prices down; competition drives prices up; tuition prices are only loosely tied to delivery costs; student tuition is only loosely tied to price; and high tuition prices do not…

Presents the pros and cons concerning advertising for recruitment using three modes of analyses - economics, ethics, and law. The author concludes that advertising is an invaluable technique for information dispersal in higher education. (Author/PG)

At the University of Iowa, a project utilizing pre-admissions information about students has a potential for future recruitment of students. (PG)

This document summarizes the findings of a survey of the vocational offerings in Montana secondary schools, using data compiled from the 1987-88 fall reports submitted by local school districts to the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Total vocational enrollment was listed as 41,746. (Students enrolled in more than one vocational class were…

This document summarizes a needs assessment study of Montana businesses conducted in 1988 to provide direction for future planning and development in the state's vocational programs. The document begins by giving a rationale for the study and describing the mailed survey instrument used. (Sixty-six usable instruments were returned from a sample of…

Discusses the implications for the future of higher education by examining data concerning demographic factors, growth projections, supply factors, expansion concerns, health care needs, and manpower supplies. (Author/PG)