Demand for university education has increased due to the recent innovations of universal, free and compulsory education at the basic and senior secondary education level. Education has been expanding very rapidly at all levels in Nigeria. However, there are serious problems related to quality, equity, unavailable human and material resources and…

This report provides an comprehensive analysis of the way recession is impacting upon graduate outcomes. Data used in this report reflects the current level of applications to higher education (HE) for 2010 entry, but, due to data collection timing differences, the employment and training destinations of the graduating cohorts of 2005/06-2008/09.…

Part of cost of participating in higher education is foregone employment. An increase in unemployment rate is expected to decrease full cost of postsecondary education, causing increase in demand. This paper reexamines this expectation, in the face of the Alchian-Allen effect (changes in fixed costs), once the public/private school distinction has…

Uses time-series data to estimate empirical enrollment functions for three Puerto Rico university systems. Measures opportunity cost and benefits to education as expected wage rates and tests a market segmentation process. Results show that the universities are not substitutes for one another. To cope with continuing revenue shortfalls,…

Enrollment data are presented in tabular form for the period of 1965-66 through 1977-78 (in some cases also 1978-79) for Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and U.S.A. Trends are analyzed briefly, for overall, university, and nonuniversity sectors. (MSE)

Recognizing the recent decrease in full-time enrollment in Canadian universities, this report focuses on aspects of the decline. It is noted that the decline has been almost exclusively in the fields of arts and sciences, with enrollment in professional programs (except education) growing. After a brief review of enrollment trends in the past two…

A statewide survey was commissioned by the California Community Colleges during Fall 1979 to assess public attitudes toward the colleges and to determine the need for vocational education among the California adult public. A stratified random sample of adult residents within each of California's seven community college regions was selected for a…

This document examines the position of the Peralta Community College District as defined by the Budget Division-240 (B.D.-240), a statistical projection prepared annually by the California Department of Finance which measures the current and future student load on California community college districts. This load is used as an index of the demand…

This report summarizes the most recent (December 1998) long-range statewide forecast of fall enrollment and average annual weekly student contact hours (WSCH) in California Community Colleges. The annual fall survey of college registrars shows that fall 1998 enrollment is up 1.8 percent over fall 1997. The office forecasting model projects an…

This document examines the effects of budget cuts and supply restriction and rationing within the California Community College (CCC) system during the fiscal year (FY) 2002-03. Fiscal Crises within the California State Government in FY 2002-03 have resulted in a reduction in available funding for the CCC system; as a result the system's ability to…

This is the first in what is intended to be a regular series of short publications. It will enable the effects of the new variable fees arrangements for UK and EU domiciled full-time undergraduates attending Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funded higher education institutions (HEIs) in England to be monitored. It brings…

Enrollment simulation and planning (ESP) is centered on the use of statistical models to describe how and why college enrollments fluctuate. College planners may use this approach with confidence to simulate any number of plausible future scenarios. Planners can then set a variety of possible college actions against these scenarios, and examine…

Nebraska postsecondary enrollment trends from 1967 to 1987 are examined with focus on population trends, traditional enrollment forecasting, non-traditional enrollment trends, procedure followed in developing enrollment projections, and institutional sector historical and projected fall enrollments. Among the conclusions reached by the study are:…

Enrollment projections for higher education in Washington State for the 1980's are made, and the concept of demand and factors that may be responsible for the projected enrollment levels are considered. Projections are offered for the total system of four-year institutions, for each of the four-year schools separately, and for the community…

The Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board annually publishes a report of enrollments in Minnesota post-secondary education. The enrollment data presented here were provided by Minnesota public and private postsecondary education institutions in fall 1987. The 1987 enrollments are compared to the preceding four years. This annual report,…