This study examined the enrollment process for the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and the outcomes of that process. Data were collected during spring and summer of 2000 through telephone interviews with state program officials from eight states selected based on a variety of demographic and programmatic variables; the states were…

This regional study of undergraduate enrollment demand and physical capacity for the University of California complements a similar regional study for the California Community Colleges and the California State University that was adopted in 2001. The study explored the 2003-2004 5-year capital outlay plans of the University and the anticipated…

This brief uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort to profile teen mothers under welfare reform policies. Initially, it assesses the extent to which teen childbearing among 15- to 17-year-old girls has changed between the start of federal welfare reform in 1997 and 2000. Then, it examines changes in teen mothers'…

This report presents enrollment data for the Maryland public schools. School systems reported individual student-level data that were edited and aggregated to school system and state levels. The report categorizes data by race/ethnicity, gender, and grade level. In September 1998 there were 431,396 male students and 410,275 female students in…

This paper explores the effects and implications of mission refinement and desegregation efforts at a historically black university by analyzing 15-year student enrollment trend data. Lincoln University, founded in 1866, is an 1890 land-grant comprehensive institution that is part of the Missouri state system of higher education. As one of tow…

A study used new data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 to compare students in combined academic and vocational programs with high school students in other curricular categories in 1997 and to compare the 1997 patterns with those of earlier surveys. Previous studies have found that the proportion of high school students…

The purpose of this brief is to describe the characteristics of undergraduate students receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Social Security Administration (SSI) benefits as they relate to issues of participation in postsecondary education and employment. This brief describes results from the National Postsecondary Student Aid…

School boards and superintendents should take steps to minimize the community's shock reaction to lower school enrollments, school consolidation, and school closings. (Author)

Presents the highlights of the American Geological Institute's 18th Annual survey of enrollment, as reported by chairmen of university geoscience departments. Tabulated data provide a breakdown of enrollment by year and field of study for degree-granting departments in the United States and Canada. (JR)

Paper to appear in the Fall 1973 issue of Phi Sigma Iota Newsletter''. (DD)

Reports educational statistics of student enrollment on the basis of survey data obtained by the Engineers Joint Council between 1967 and 1972. Indicates that the 1972 survey shows a significant decline at all levels in comparison with fall 1971. (CC)

Administrators of private institutions of higher education need to consider the effect of demand variables on tuition revenue as well as on enrollment. (Author)

A study of the decline in engineering enrollment and its relationship to the general economic situation. Tabulated survey results from a 1971 New Matriculant Survey developed by Cornell University are compared with similar data from 1970. (TS)