A model is presented in this report for the prediction of future enrollment at the Naval Postgraduate School based on the numbers of recruits in the past. This model utilizes the correlation between populations of successive time periods in order to better estimate the future remaining personnel in the system. The number of personnel leaving from…

The statewide higher education enrollment projections presented in this document are advanced as planning guidelines based on the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia's best estimate of future trends and conditions. Tables presented offer information concerning (1) projected college enrollments (resident degree credit) to 1982 for…

Cites statistics gathered from U.S. and Canadian chemical engineering departments concerning the increase in engineering enrollments and possible courses of action to handle the increase. (MLH)

Utilizing certain guidelines and assumptions, this report presents actual, estimated, and projected enrollment for Oregon's 38 institutions of higher education between 1959 and 1978. The report is composed mostly of statistical tables presenting data on the 12 community colleges, 9 public 4-year institutions, and 17 private and independent…

This paper examines alternative techniques for projecting freshman enrollment in specific academic departments. Departmental enrollment projections provided by 4 different projection models are compared to actual departmental enrollments at Kansas State University. Two of the models use only historical data, while the other two models are…

This survey of the Higher Education Panel (HEP) of the American Council on Education, conducted in July 1971, concerned first-year graduate enrollment and postdoctoral enrollment in science and engineering for the academic year 1970-71 and expected enrollments for 1971-72. Each institution was asked, first, to indicate new applications received…

This paper examines enrollment figures for blacks in colleges during the period 1940 to 1972 and develops a statistic that is more significant than either enrollment figures or percentages in order to determine the progress made by these students. (Author/AM)

This document presents a report of a study that was designed to determine the rate of retention of students enrolled in colleges and universities in Tennessee that physical facility needs of institutions in the state might be determined. The first year of the study, 1968, was spent in compiling information on students entering Tennessee colleges…

This document presents a report of a study that was designed to determine the rate of retention of students enrolled in colleges and universities in Tennessee that physical facility needs of institutions in the state might be determined. The first year of study, 1968, was spent in compiling information on students entering Tennessee colleges and…

Pointing out that "trend-demographic" enrollment projections ignore important economic considerations (supply and demand), the author uses a model of educational adaptation, which focuses on the educational characteristics of the active adult population and the wage of educated relative to uneducated labor, to make projections that are compared…

Projections are presented of what will happen if current trends in enrollments in New Jersey continue and current policies are maintained. Enrollments are projected to 1990 for full-time and part-time students in three collegiate sectors. The projective methodology is a ratio technique that minimizes data requirements and eliminates the need for…

This report presents projections of school enrollment by age, sex, and grade level to the year 2000, taking into account the latest population projections prepared by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. The figures apply to fall enrollments of the civilian noninstitutional population 5 to 34 years old in elementary school, high school, and college. The…

The planning office of a large urban university produced an induced course load matrix (ICLM) analysis to support the university's plans for undergraduate enrollment growth at its three campuses. The ICLM tables, based on the complete course histories of the 1993 entering cohort, summarize the program and course selections of a cohort of students…

The paper presents an overview of enrollment in college-level geography courses from 1949 to 1978 and predicts enrollment trends for the near future. All data are based on the Directory of College Geography of the United States. First published in 1949, the directory lists all college and university departments offering geography, the size and…

It appears that both overall enrollments in higher education and art major enrollments will decline over the next decade. Art educators need to prepare for this uncertain future by determining program priorities, building program quality, developing enrollment strategies, and maintaining the necessary flexibility to respond to changing future…