Aggressive recruiting efforts may be off course. The funds might be better spent on research into how higher education can give a quality education to those students who choose it. (Editor)

Presents a recruiting master plan that includes: analyzing the situation; identifying problems and opportunities; selecting objectives; creating a master plan; and controlling and reviewing procedures. (Author/PG)

Discusses the recent panic in Great Britain concerning university applications and enrollments. (PG)

With the reduced demand for teachers, some teacher training colleges have implemented a competetive admissions program. As a means of assisting counselors, Likert-type scales were developed to measure the reaction of pre-education students to the admission process. Results indicate such scales can successfully measure student's reaction to this…

A system of elements for matching the supply and demand for workers from higher education is outlined. A portion of the system is exercised to obtain a provisional evaluation of supply and demand levels under assumptions of increased educational upgrading and industrial growth for the Southern region. (Editor/PG)

Higher Education is charged by its critics with increased irrelevance and continuing inflexibility. Defenders of tradition, on the other hand, often see the university as a shambles of innovation and disorder. The perspective offered by the graphic tables in this document of enrollment trends and patterns over several decades offers some middle…

This document, published annually, reports general information as well as detailed data concerning both the public and the private segments of the higher education system of Florida. Various tables provide breakdowns of total, graduate, and first-time-in-college enrollment by State and county for each of the four types of schools (public…

The former Assistant Secretary for Education reflects on some of the salient trends and issues confronting our schools and colleges. (Editor)

Presents the 7 reasons why students do not apply to college: unknown college, unimpressed by college's reputation, worried about location, too much emphasis on liberal arts, no flexibility in programs, too impersonal, and financial problems; and how to correct these problems in your school. (Author/PG)

Discusses supply and demand projections for Ph.D.'s. (Editor/PG)

British educational policy has increasingly been driven by the concern that higher education should serve the needs of the economy more effectively. Close scrutiny of a recently published government report suggests not that Britain needs more graduates to prosper but that the country first needs to prosper before it can use the graduates it…