Assumptions, purposes, and factors of short range estimates and long range projections are discussed. The combined ratio method and the cohort-survival techniques were procedures used for making estimates and projections of student enrollment. The projection for the state system is discussed in terms of sub-projections for undergraduates,…

Twenty-nine institutions of higher education operating in Nebraska in the fall term of 1972 were surveyed with regard to enrollment statistics. Statistics indicate by county and institutions the head-count enrollments by type of institution, academic level, counties of origin, size of 1967 county 12th grade enrollment, regions, and states.…

The Basic Improvement Grant Program of the Allied Health Professions Education Improvement Act of 1966 was designed to offer financial stimulation and assistance at institutions with training programs for certain allied health occupations. Information was obtained on enrollments and faculty for the four-year period 1966-67 through 1969-70 and on…

A mathematical model is developed for the expansion of facilities at different campuses of the University of California for a given sequence of enrollment forecasts. Based on total projected enrollments for the University system, the model computes a minimum total cost expansion program, i.e., the stages at which to expand existing campuses or to…

Higher Education is charged by its critics with increased irrelevance and continuing inflexibility. Defenders of tradition, on the other hand, often see the university as a shambles of innovation and disorder. The perspective offered by the graphic tables in this document of enrollment trends and patterns over several decades offers some middle…

The present research attempted to isolate any internal and external environmental factors that could be used in determining the optimum or maximum size of senior institutions in California. The structured interview was chosen as the most appropriate technique to accompoish this task. Those schools interviewed were the University of California at…

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.…

This document presents some facts, interpretations, trendline indications and opinions on postsecondary/collegiate enrollments in America. Following introductory material, freshmen enrollments, enrollment trends, brief comments upon those developments, and factors to consider in the future are discussed. (MJM)

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…

Prior to beginning the first year academic curriculum at the Naval Academy, incoming midshipmen are required to complete "plebe summer" - a nonacademic military training program. Typically, some members of each incoming class fail to complete this summer training, with the great majority of disenrollments being for motivational reasons.…

Over the past several decades colleges and universities have been experiencing vastly increasing enrollments that have caused institutions to expand programs and facilities to accommodate great numbers of students. Such expansion requires careful planning on the part of higher education administrators and accurate prediction as to the actual…

This document provides information about Iowa's area schools including the schools' history, current status, enrollment growth, 1971 fall enrollment, major legislation affecting area schools, and an index of career education programs. Also presented are descriptions of each of the 15 area schools in terms of admissions standards, financial aid,…

Describes a study that investigated enrollment trends in elementary, high school, and unified school districts in Illinois from 1970 to 1975 and compared the percentage change in numbers of regular teachers, special teachers and supporting staff, and administrators employed by the same districts from 1969 to 1974. (JG)

Changes in enrollment patterns and new demands on higher education suggest the need for greater institutional accountability for defining the needs and providing the processes through which individual faculty initiatives and those of basic academic units can have some play. (JD)

At a time when both public and parochial schools throughout the country are facing the prospect of continually declining enrollments, the Newark Archdiocese this year decided to see what a soft-sell campaign could do about it. (Author)