A description of the State of Arizona and its educational system is presented as a working paper in a final report by the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness. Facts about the state include the following: indications are that the present growth in Arizona will continue for at least a decade more;…

Factors affecting mathematics enrollment at Broward Community College, South Campus (Florida) were examined. An analysis of demographic data reflects a huge population growth for the South Campus area. Increasing numbers of elderly, young professionals, Hispanics, and other minorities will move here primarily from the northeast and Dade County…

Data on foreign student enrollment in public and private elementary and secondary schools are given for Manitoba, all other provinces, and Canada as a whole. Two tables and five computer-generated graphs present information by province or region on the number of foreign students (students holding valid student visas), percentage of foreign…

Trends in higher education and the impact of the economy on colleges and universities in 1985 are considered. College enrollments, trends in the ability to pay, and private giving are examined, along with employment in higher education and college costs. Three possible explanations for unexpected growth in enrollment rates are: higher education is…

It was found that the non-degree student tended to be older, working, and with a generally high achievement. Placing emphasis on the non-degree student helped increase enrollments in this category. (Author/PG)

The decade of the 1970s saw a relative decline in the enrollment in Quebec Province of students in English schools, and a relative increase in enrollment in French schools. This shift was especially reflected in a decreasing proportion of Francophone and Allophone (having neither French nor English as a native language) students attending school…

There is little analytic literature on the education of the Puerto Rican, in general, and data on the present higher education crisis are especially lacking. There is also a lack of direction as to the purpose or programmatic consequences of higher education for Puerto Ricans. It is clear, however, that Puerto Ricans are at a profound disadvantage…

A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF MODERN LANGUAGE OFFERINGS AND ENROLLMENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS. DATA FOR THIS SURVEY WERE PROVIDED BY STATE LANGUAGE CONSULTANTS, STATISTICIANS, AND DIRECTORS AND SUPERVISORS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. DISCUSSIONS INCLUDED (1) NATIONAL ENROLLMENTS, (2) THE NDEA AND MODERN LANGUAGES, (3) SUMMARY TABLES…

This publication is produced to give some insight into the enrollment trends for the state of South Carolina and for its individual school districts. Various charts and tables are presented in an effort to make the projections useful to educators in developing plans for the future. Figures show the total state enrollment for grades K-12 between…

Two-year technical education curriculums in agriculture and natural resources are identified and organized as a directory in this publication. To qualify, a curriculum must prepare for occupational entry into a technical or semi-professional field, prepare for a cluster of closely related occupations rather than for a single job, and be in a…

Various methods by which the responsible officials of colleges and universities might make projections of enrollment for their respective institutions are presented in this report. The point is made that institutional enrollment projection is not a simple assignment. Many factors must be considered, analyzed, and, if possible, controlled in order…

To determine San Mateo Junior College District's 1969-70 needs for additional instructors and the number of student-contact hours to be assigned to each, a survey was made of the district's practices during the preceding two years. The report is based on the assumption that the number of student-contact hours should vary by subject in each of the…

In this dissertation, black enrollment in predominantly white colleges is examined by identifying forces that have caused its fluctuation and distribution. The strength of these determinants is assessed and an explanatory model of black enrollment change is suggested. A critical procedure is compiling black enrollment statistics: national…

Educational television is one part of a coordinated instructional system which also utilizes faculty Course Advisors, texts, syllabi, and the instructional support services of the Los Angeles Community Colleges. Educational television extends access to students who are not enrolled in on-campus programs and provides an alternative mode of…