College enrollment trends in the United States are a subject of ongoing concern due to the role higher education plays in shaping the future workforce. Enrollment has gone through periods of growth and decline over the past two decades, reflecting changes in the nation's demographics, economy, and views on the value of a college degree. Total…

Institutional staff such as enrollment managers, business officers, and institutional researchers are often asked to predict enrollments. Developing any predictive model can be intimidating, particularly when there is no textbook to follow. This paper provides a practical framework for generating enrollment projection options and for evaluating…

No one policy exists as a nexus between K-12 public education and post-secondary education in the United States. Three critical factors suggest that many colleges will be financially insolvent after 2020. The first is declining K-12 birthrates, which are enrollment feeders of post-secondary colleges or universities. As a result of the declining…

We investigate the rapid influx of overseas students into UK higher education and the impact on the number of domestic students. Using administrative data since 1994/5, we find no evidence of crowd out of domestic undergraduate students and indications of increases in the domestic numbers of postgraduate students as overseas enrolments have grown.…

Since the attacks of September 11, national and international security has been driven to the center stage of our present-day society, thus becoming a primary concern and focus in the United States. The purpose of this study was to conduct an instructional needs assessment for the establishment of a Masters of Arts program in International Studies…

This newsletter summarizes the movement of transfer students from British Columbia (BC) colleges, university colleges, and institutes (sending Institutions) into BC universities from the Fall of 2006 into calendar year 2007. Predictions for 2008 are also provided along with trends from Fall 2003 to the present. Transfer students are classified…

Higher education enrollment is going through a transition. Between 1992 and 1998, the enrollment growth rate has been nearly flat, but the National Center for Education Statistics now projects that enrollment will increase by 1.4% annually during the next decade. Not every college and university will realize this growth. The traditional college…

Recent trends in full-time equivalent enrollment (FTE) at the Coast Community College District to the contrary, the District should anticipate a reduction in FTE enrollment growth rates over the next few years and, perhaps, a reduction in FTE enrollments absolutely. Evidence leading to this conclusion consists of reductions in population, high…

The students entering colleges in the 1970's represent a much broader spectrum of the population than has ever before pursued education beyond high school. Institutions of higher education are not prepared, however, to educate and meet the needs of these new students. This book seeks to shed light on the important question of what kind of student…

The present report constitutes the second volume of a comprehensive survey on the expansion of higher education in OECD countries during the period 1950-1967. Chapter 1 is an analysis of the evolution of enrollments in the 2 main types of higher education - universities and nonuniversities - and attempts to compare their relative growth rates…

The Texas Higher Education Forecasting Board began forecasting enrollments in 1979, and the methodology has remained relatively unchanged. However, the 2003 forecast includes a new section that uses the enrollment (participation) forecast to predict statewide degree production in bachelor's and associate's degrees and certificates (success). The…

This document reviews the enrollment patterns in Washington's colleges and universities. Emphasis is placed on enrollment trends, enrollment participation, future enrollment trends, and enrollment profile. The enrollment profile encompasses entrances, class mix, age, sex, nonresident enrollment, foreign students and minority student population.…

The author of this paper predicts that by 1990, enrollments in metropolitan institutions of higher education will increase by 100% and that costs for these same institutions will increase by 200%. In other words, statistics reveal that in 1968 there were 4.1 million students enrolled in metropolitan colleges and universities and that the cost at…

This report presents current estimates and projections to 1990 for Delaware population and higher education enrollment. The population estimates and projections are tabulated by age and sex for the total population of the State and by single years of age for the population of college age. The enrollment estimates and projections are tabulated by…