This bulletin discusses the mathematics and science course enrollment trends of secondary students in Australia, which are of national concern because of the low participation rates overall and because of the gender imbalance in enrollment numbers. Statistics are reported for 12th-grade mathematics and science course enrollment, and expectations…

Fluctuations in interest and enrollment in the study of Latin in the United States have led many to believe that the language was in permanent decline. However, in the last decade the public has become more aware of the need for language instruction, and high school Latin enrollments have risen dramatically since 1976. There is a shortage of…

Results of the 1991 national survey of enrollment of limited-English-proficient (LEP) elementary, secondary, and adult students are reported. The survey elicited data from all chief state school officers in March and May of 1991. The first section consists of a narrative summary of the report's findings. The larger second section contains two sets…

The relationship between student demand for library books by subject area and the students' majors and courses undertaken was studied using a library's automated circulation system. During 1980-1982, book checkout at the university library declined 22 percent. History had the greatest decline in checkouts per student. Other fields with larger…

Designed to provide information on reasons for the enrollment decline of full-time, first-time-in-college students at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC), this report presents data showing the patterns of Dade County public high school graduation and subsequent direct-entry enrollment into MDCC for the past 5 years. Introductory material provides…

Teacher qualifications, course offerings, and enrollment trends in history courses across the United States are described. This journal is available from Ballantine Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47401. (DE)

Reports on a study, "Graduate School Adjustments to the 'New Depression' in Higher Education," published by the National Board on Graduate Education. Presents findings on shifts in enrollment from higher- to lower-rated programs, impact of federal cutbacks in support, program changes, and graduate student responsiveness to the labor market. (GS)

Examines the current low rate of enrollment in physics courses and cites some causes for this phenomenon. Questions the goals of physics education as these relate to the needs of society, and proposes changes. (CP)

Schools of education facing reduced enrollments should consider taking such steps as eliminating nonproductive programs and courses, retooling faculty, offering elective courses that appeal to noneducation majors, planning new programs based on existing faculty and physical resources, recruiting flexible faculty, and developing cooperative…

Deals with projected educational trends involving school attendance, the sociological functions of the school, curriculum content, the knowledge explosion, prolongation of years of schooling, education frunctions of institutions other than schools, educational technology, and expanded government influence. Reprint from October 1939 "Elementary…

This paper examines national trends in student characteristics and enrollment patterns, and presents data collected from a survey of 349 evening, off-campus students, to determine the effectiveness of the community college in meeting students' motivational and academic needs.

The article reports on changes in women's enrollment in professional training through 1974 and considers the outlook for women in professional training and some of the characteristics of men and women applicants to professional schools. (Author/BP)

Presents statistics from a survey of high school students which investigated career choice patterns, most important reasons for career choice, and persons or sources most helpful in making career choices. Also reveals that engineering enrollments have been declining for several years, and that many engineering students eventually change to…

An industrial arts program plagued by dropping enrollments and waning interest found out how to revive itself by asking students what they wanted. (Author)

If the college were a corporation the problem of the 1970's might be solved, first by doing a market research, then calling a sales meeting to assign goals which might include the recruitment of "x" number of foreign students. But the college is not a corporation. Foreign students may bring more problems than they solve. (Author)