In spite of the severe changes in the environment of graduate education during the past 5 years, most departments have been able to adjust in ways that allow them to continue their programs. (Author)

Describes the growth in foreign-student enrollment in Australia's universities, offering statistics on enrollment and student distribution, reasons for the trend, drawbacks, and lessons for the United States. (EV)

Western Kentucky University, once a small teachers college, is adjusting to the no growth philosophy. However, the legislators and taxpayers will also have to appreciate the "quality not quantity" brand of education. (Author/PG)

Begins by describing the current condition of Latinos in higher education, then explores what educational advocates and institutional leaders can do to facilitate and accelerate their academic success. (EV)

It is both the best of times and the worst of times for America's community colleges. In the 100 years since their creation, these colleges have spread across the United States to become the largest sector of higher education, representing nearly 1,200 regionally accredited institutions within commuting distance of over 90 percent of the…

Briefly traces the history of Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), citing reasons for decreases in its enrollment from 200,000 in 1969-70 to 67,000 in 1974-75 and noting current questions as to whether or not it belongs on the nation's campuses. (JT)

Examines policy and practical questions at both the international and national levels regarding recent unprecedented institutional evolution and dramatic demographic changes in higher education. For example, explores what role U.S. higher education will play in the global market, and how it will act to meet challenges of new demographics in the…

The upturn in enrollments at community colleges is due to: new recruiting methods, expanded career programs, better coordination with other schools, flexibility, increased community services, services to the aging, special services to veterans, and manpower training. (Author/PG)

Between 1970 and 1976, the rates of college attendance increased for Black men and for women of all races; White males were the only significant group to register a decline. Reasons for this drop are suggested, including a decline in general academic capabilities of high school graduates. (LBH)

The several campuses face enrollment and financial problems as well as strained relationships between students and administrators and between the public and the university itself. As a result, the higher education institutions are becoming more doubtful of their missions. (LBH)

Enrollments, it is suggested, have not dropped, in part because the decline in the total pool from which colleges enroll their students has been compensated for by increased enrollments of older students. (MLW)

Many changes in college enrollment patterns have occurred since 1982. Three variables that affect enrollment include: differential fertility among population groups, a state's ability to retain students to high school graduation, and the number of a state's high school graduates who leave the state for college. (MLW)

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation combined its concern that few top flight scholars are choosing the humanities for careers and its awareness of the current oversupply of humanities faculty to create a $24 million fellowship program to direct talented graduate students into English and comparative literature, American studies, history, classics,…

Describes some of the readjustments (new public relations, academic changes, and improved counseling) the University of California's Santa Barbara campus is undergoing to improve its image with prospective students and their high school counselors. (Author)

Guarded optimism about the future of American higher education is expressed, despite a slowing of growth in social services, a temporary period of consolidation, and a prediction of unforseen events. An underlying stability in higher education suggests considerable continuity in the next decade. (MSE)