In spite of an apparently gloomy outlook, there are many positive aspects to declining enrollments in elementary and secondary schools. Offers several suggestions for dealing with newly acquired surplus space in these schools, four stages to follow when closing a school and reducing size of staff in a school district, and describes five steps to…

Some recent information on Florida's use of the Fundamental Literacy Test, the enrollment changes in elementary and secondary education, Alaska's huge financial settlement involving the development of high schools for Alaskan Eskimo, Indian and Aleut children, a new Consumer Information Center in Colorado, and the Educational Materials Review…

Discusses the findings of a nation-wide study to assess changes in news and editorial programs since 1970 and to determine the reasons for such changes. (KS)

Describes a Dade County (Florida) Schools pilot program to decentralize the district's schools and adopt teaching professionalization as a primary goal. Using various committees and task forces, the district formulated goals, developed a shared decision-making model, addressed management/labor issues, and provided team training opportunities. (MLH)

To manage enrollments, today's colleges and universities must incorporate marketing strategies and organizational changes that until now have generally been used only by business and other private sector professionals. (MSE)

American students are now in the minority in many mathematics graduate departments. Issues related to this trend are discussed, considering several popular hypotheses about the situation (such as mathematically talented Americans choose not to get doctoral degrees because they can make more money in other fields). (JN)

The author recalls how Federal legislation has stimulated vocational education enrollments by special needs individuals since the mid-1960s, how each successive law has broadened the definition of special needs populations, and how much progress has been made. He also looks at what needs to be done yet in this area. (CT)

Presents a study evaluating the impact of rapid college enrollment increases on local housing prices at Purdue University between 1960 and 1980. Includes four tables and an appendix. (MD)

Provides an analysis of 20 years of research and graduate study experiences in engineering colleges, focusing on 17 variables including full-time, faculty, part-time faculty, master's enrollment, doctoral enrollment, master's/doctoral degrees awarded, researchers, research expenditures, and number of research projects. (JN)

The relationships between academe and industry in West Germany are examined through the various existing models of cooperation, interactions in continuing education and technology transfer, barriers to cooperation, and prospects for the future. (MSE)

Fall 1983 enrollments in America's 50 largest school systems, and percent changes from 1982 to 1983, 1981 to 1982, and 1971 to 1983 are offered in an ERS statistical trends analysis. (KS)

Examines six propositions that suggest changes in higher education's role: higher education institutions no longer have a monopoly on educational services; roles of education providers are blurring; higher education no longer means full-time faculty and students; learning is a lifelong necessity; youth must be educated as lifelong learners; and…

Considers some documentary evidence for the view that the U.S. is on the educational and cultural decline and contends that the principal symptoms of weakness have been with us for decades. Lays the responsibility for many of the problems in the present crisis in humanities education on the humanities faculty. (SED)

Geography enrollments are down, and geography is in trouble because it has been slow to respond to the new environment of higher education. Important trends in higher education are identified, and ways geographers can respond positively to the trends are discussed. (RM)

A description of the growth and status of environmental education in West Germany includes charts of the availability of specific environmental education programs and related courses at each institution and of teacher education programs. (MSE)