The ratio technique, requiring only simple arithmetic calculations, uses historical information as a basis for projecting school enrollment. In the author's survey of state education agencies, 84 percent of the respondents indicated that they used a ratio technique. This study reviews four different approaches to use of the ratio method in…

DURING THE 20TH CENTURY, DELAWARE'S POPULATION GROWTH HAS PARALLELED THAT OF THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE, ALTHOUGH THE GROWTH HAS NOT BEEN EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE. NEED FOR EXPANSION OF THE STATE'S HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES WAS INDICATED BY TWO FACTORS--(1) THE TREND IN THE BIRTH RATE, WHICH LED TO A PROJECTION OF A 1975 COLLEGE…

This is the second part of a report on major facets of institutional change at the University of Washington. Part II is a detailed analysis of Summer Quarter students and covers: class differentials in enrollment trends; trends in undergraduate students by major field and college; trends in graduate and professional students by major field and…

A statistical report provides data from 1956 to 1966 on city-wide in-and-out-migration, the migration balance, and the total city-wide movement of the pupil population in New York City. Findings are presented in 24 tables. (NH)

This document presents statistical data on private schools in Florida providing education through the twelfth grade. The data include school names, grade enrollments, number of personnel, enrollment estimates, types of instructional programs, types of school organization, religious affiliations, and accreditation information. The data are analyzed…

This report is based upon the National Science Foundation (NSF) 1975 Quick Response Survey which consisted of a stratified random sample of l,297 departments in 294 institutions (including 67 medical schools) granting a Ph.D. in science or engineering. Variables investigated were: (1) area of science, (2) full-time enrollment number, (3) part-time…

In fall 1975, 4,702 students transferred into the University of Hawaii (UH) System, representing a 15.5 percent increase over the number of transfers in 1974. Of the total, 56 percent transferred from within the UH System, 6 percent transferred from other Hawaii institutions, and 36 percent transferred from out-of-state institutions. The total…

The speaker provides an overview of some of the socioeconomic factors that are influencing people in the United States and a list of changes that some parochial schools are making to adapt to the changing conditions in the society. (IRT)

Data indicate the growth trends that have taken place in the past 5.5 years in the number of university administrators, faculty members, and full-time students in the California State University at Long Beach campus. The greatest percentage of growth during the 5.5-year study took place in the university administration. The percentage increase in…

During the past five years the college's career programs have been growing steadily. Each year this growth has been noted mainly by comparison with the previous year. The present report shows how career programs have been growing in the longer term. A five-year time frame has been selected for comparison. The number of students enrolling in career…

This document presents enrollment statistics for total and full-time enrollment by level and sex in California community colleges, state universities and colleges, the University of California, and private colleges. (MJM)

Fluctuating enrollments, budgets, and inflationary factors have made "flexible planning" a necessity for the nation's campuses. The effects of these prospective issues at the academic collective bargaining table are discussed. (Author/MJM)

Controversies over the extent and duration of projected enrollment declines have made the techniques involved in such predictions a matter of interest in the field of educational planning. This document is a survey of current methodologies and problems in forecasting at the state and institutional level. Part 1 discusses: a review of methodology…

Projections of the size and composition of future student populations are crucial to effective planning in an institution of higher education. Using the mathematical model presented here, future enrollments and degree production can be predicted from admission, transfer, and attrition rates, as well as from administrative policies and current…

Projecting future school enrollments seems to be a relatively simple mathematical procedure using current population figures, birth rates, migration rates, and grade progression ratios. Resource allocations and education facilities planning are based on these projections. In most American cities, the political power of various interest groups…