Describes the plight of private colleges in facing rising costs and declining enrollments. Summarizes strategies employed by five private colleges. (JG)

Much has been written and proclaimed down through the ages about Ethics. The tendency is to generalize to the point that one ends up merely being "against sin." Here, the author proposes that any discussion of Ethics in the 1970's must be based on money. Presented at the NACAC Annual Conference, New York, 1974. (Author)

Census results are used to draw conclusions concerning the enrollment of school pupils in the USSR in order to indicate the demographic conditions under which public education is developing. (Author/KM)

To avoid declining enrollments, Peralta identified 50,000 former students and launched a massive campaign to contact and re-recruit them. This, combined with the mailing of a brochure to all 190,000 local households, posters mounted on the backs of 50 local buses, and other advertising methods led to a second semester enrollment increase of over…

The report presents data on student enrollment at accredited colleges taken from the "Fall Enrollment" survey, part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The first section reviews trends in higher education enrollment from 1970 through 1987. The second section presents data on higher education enrollment for the…

The first in a three-volume set on the geographic origins of students attending institutions of the State University of New York during the fall 1988 term includes three distinct types of summaries and uses the individual institution as the unit of analysis. It includes all credit course students and all institutions of the State University…

This report attempts to resolve disagreements about trends in minority enrollments in postsecondary education institutions and to examine various factors that might help explain the enrollment trends. Among the study's findings were the following: (1) in the total group of individuals, aged 18-24, the overall enrollment rate of blacks has changed…

Enrollment management deals with the quantity of students an institution enrolls; student body composition; and the quality of students, services, and programs. The enrollment growth in American higher education institutions has ceased and a decline is expected due to: (1) lack of financial aid; (2) a prosperous economy; (3) a less promising job…

This report of teacher supply and demand in Florida looks at measures of teacher shortages during the 1984-85 school year, compares the projected supply of teachers by subject field with the numbers needed during 1986-87, and then projects the demand for teachers through the end of the century. As seen in prior years, some fields showed a much…

The schooling of children, thought to be an important factor in explaining changes in fertility over time, is examined. Theory predicts that it exerts a negative effect on parental fertility. The mechanisms by which this relationship occurs at the micro-level are elaborated by Becker in this quantity-quality trade-off model, and by Cadwell in his…

The historical background and development of postgraduate education in the People's Republic of China (PRC) are discussed. Before the founding of PRC, there were only a few higher education institutions that offered postgraduate programs at the master's level. No doctoral programs were offered and no doctorates were awarded in old China. Before…

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) projects that total elementary and secondary school enrollment will be 45.6 million in fall 1989. There were an estimated 45.4 million students enrolled in 1988. Enrollment in kindergarten through grade 8 is expected to increase from 32.4 million in 1988 to 32.9 million in 1989, an increase of…

The 18th annual study of the application and enrollment patterns of university transfer students developed by the Central Staff Office of Institutional Research, State University of New York (SUNY), is presented. It was conducted in response to the many requests for information regarding the inter-campus mobility of students attending institutions…

This analysis of 1984-85 enrollments in the California community colleges begins with a summary of major trends, indicating that: (1) for the third consecutive year, community college fall enrollment has decreased from the peak recorded in fall 1981, with a cumulative 3-year decline of nearly one-fifth; (2) the decline appears to be due to several…

This is a case history of the steps taken by a private institution of higher learning (10,000 students) in the east to cope with the problem of attrition. (Author)