Higher education has become a marketplace, and as such institutions must be presented clearly and fairly to insure consumer protection for the students. (Author/PG)

To determine the effects of busing, this study compared 1971/72 enrollments in the public schools in Kalamazoo and Pontiac, Michigan with enrollment size and trends between 1966 and 1970. (Author/SF)

Discusses the effects of shrinking enrollments in higher education: teacher surpluses, rising costs, grade inflation, certification and dropping standards. (PG)

The upturn in enrollments at community colleges is due to: new recruiting methods, expanded career programs, better coordination with other schools, flexibility, increased community services, services to the aging, special services to veterans, and manpower training. (Author/PG)

This document provides eleven year trend data of physics and astronomy degrees granted at the bachelors, masters, and doctors level. Undergraduate and graduate student enrollment in physics and astronomy are also included. (SL)

Comments on the inadequacy of current engineering manpower data and what might be done to improve it. Declares the need for a national coordinated effort to obtain this information and make it available to students and others who base decisions, in part, on the future supply of engineers. (Author/MLH)

Reflects on the declining enrollment of students in first year chemistry courses. Suggests causes for this decline which include disenchantment with science, capricious chemical industry recruitment, exaggerated employment difficulties, and teaching approaches at both the secondary and tertiary levels. (GS)

U.S. demographic data from 1963 to 1974 and school enrollment summary (1961-1973) and projection (1974-1985) for grades 1-6, 7-8, and 9-12 are presented with brief discussion of implications and of trends if births become stabilized. (JT)

Condensed from "Business in Brief," published by the Economic Research Division of the Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, New York, October 1968, 5-7.

Statement issued by the NCEA Department of School Superintendents on May 1, 1969.

Admissions in North Carolina's private higher education institutions were examined using data from the fall of 1975 to fall 1980. These highlights emerged: (1) first-time freshman applications rose 29 percent in private universities and colleges in that period; (2) the percentage of freshman applications accepted declined from 69 percent in 1975…

This report relates Macomb County Community College's experience with mail registration for fall 1977 and fall 1978, drawing comparisons with headcount and total credit hour data for on-site registration. In addition, data concerning average credit hours taken per student during both terms are presented. Of the students who enrolled during fall…

The seven chapters in this document provide an introduction to the problems of reduction in force (RIF), an overview of school enrollment trends in the United States and Nebraska, a historical view of RIF, the attitudes of various professional associations toward RIF, selected policies and procedures established by various states and school…

The merits of double exponential smoothing are discussed relative to other types of pattern-based enrollment forecasting methods. The difficulties associated with selecting an appropriate weight factor are discussed, and their potential effects on prediction results are illustrated. Two methods for objectively selecting the "best" weight…