Discusses why for-profit colleges, with their career-oriented programs, appeal to many Hispanic, Asian, and black students. (EV)

Describes how forensic science programs have boomed as students decide they want to be just like the stars of "The X-Files" and "CSI." (EV)

Discusses the availability of school enrollment data from 120 countries for the period 1870-1980. Concludes from the data that growth in education was steady prior to 1940 and increased sharply after 1950. Suggests that the emergence of the nation state model and the centrality of education in the model contributed to the acceleration. (SG)

Enrollment trends suggest a decline in interest in consumer studies. New curricular approaches include movement toward a root discipline such as economics or toward professional degree programs, such as consumer affairs in business or financial counseling and planning. (JOW)

Knowledge and understanding of school mathematics enrollment can facilitate planning and identify issues that need to be addressed. Updates earlier research on Australian upper secondary school mathematics trends and examines year 12 mathematics enrollment trends for the period 1980 to 1999. Discusses the implications of these trends. (ASK)

Discusses how professional schools, except for medicine, are reporting surges in applications and enrollments, as graduating seniors decide to avoid the job market. (EV)

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)

Presents two brief policy reports. One assesses the impact of two policies on student course taking: higher cutoff scores and placement tests, and proposed legislation requiring students to pay for remedial courses if taken twice. The second projects community college enrollment using varying assumptions about high school graduation rates and the…

Examined the responses to charter school competition of four small Arizona school districts. Overall, districts lost students to charter schools because they did not satisfy significant constituencies. Their responses depended on overall enrollment trends, quality of charter competition, quality of district leadership, and district size. Responses…

This chapter examines the flow of Latino students through the California Community College system. (Contains 2 figures.)

Stephanie Kwader is a white minority at the Bowie State University, a 5,500-student historically black university. Students like her belong to a small but growing group: minority students on the campuses of the nation's 105 historically black colleges and universities. HBCUs, as they are referred in the field, offer competitive academics with…

The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is produced annually by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) to broaden understanding of the context and consequences of multiple decisions made every year in each of these areas. No single report can provide definitive answers to such broad and fundamental questions of public…

The for-profit education management industry has, based on the available data, entered a period of relative stability. The industry's actual condition, however, is more difficult to determine than ever. This is because companies that dominate the industry are privately held and do not have to provide information to the public that they choose not…

Enrollments in foreign-language courses at American colleges and universities have jumped 13 percent since 2002, with Arabic and Chinese showing the most-dramatic increases, according to a report released last week by the Modern Language Association. The number of students studying Arabic soared 126.5 percent between 2002 and 2006, while the…

This report of the Rural School and Community Trust and the Ben Lujan Leadership and Public Policy Institute presents findings from an investigation of the impact of the funding formula proposal commissioned by the New Mexico Funding Formula Task Force (FFTF) and developed by American Institutes of Research (AIR). Appointed by the New Mexico…