The tables in this report present a summary of the area, in net assignable square feet, used by each institution of higher education in Maine, broken down by room type and by organizational unit for fall 1971. Data is presented concerning enrollment information of public and independent colleges and organizational unit and room type for public…

The tables in this report present a summary of the area, in net assignable square feet, used by each institution of higher education in Maine, broken down by room type and also by organizational unit for fall 1972. Data is presented concerning enrollment information of public and independent colleges and organizational units and room type for…

Six articles giving the perspective of the United Methodist Church on the problems and possibilities in higher education are presented. The topics include: Why is the Church in Higher Education?, Church-College Relationships and Challenges, Higher Education for Blacks, The Crisis in Enrollment, New Generations for New Days, and Trends and…

This newsletter contains five papers which were delivered at a session of the Panel on the Prpeparation of Physics Teachers. The papers focus on the general topic of recruitment and preparation of high school physics teachers. Some of the important issues considered in the articles include poor teacher preparation, decline of student enrollment in…

Statistical comparison of trends shows that the decline in the proportion of Australian matriculation students studying science subjects is less than that in the United Kingdom. In Australia, the decline in the proportion of new tertiary enrollments in the sciences occurs primarily in the applied and professional science courses which have quotas…

Three mathematical models and their enrollment projections for higher education in Georgia are presented. The first model is an extrapolation of current trends. The second model is a simple linear regression model based on steady growth. The third is a multiple regression model attempting to account for the influences of several variables…

Data for this 24th annual report on opening fall enrollment in higher education were collected from two questionnaires. The preliminary questionnaire requested total enrollment, as well as first time enrollment by sex and by full- or part-time attendance. The supplementary questionnaire called for a variety of detailed breakdowns. Summary tables…

This volume is the fourth in a series of case studies published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Chapter 1 discusses the aims of the study, including the concepts of innovation and change, the role of pilot experiments in the development of the university system, and the methods used for this critical analysis of…

There is a great deal of uncertainty about the graduate education of scientists and engineers. Students are worried about employment opportunities, institutions worry about the quality and quantity of their future graduate programs, and the government worries about an adequate supply of trained manpower for the future. Added to these worries are…

Because of increased competition for funds, educational leaders are now recommending use of systematic planning techniques such as Planning-Programming-Budgeting (PPB). Effective implementation of such a procedure calls for a data base of enrollment of students in a program, retention rates, and costs per instructional hour. The intent of this…

Foreseeing problems with existing patterns of financing higher education and of college attendance, the College Scholarship Service held a colloquium in 1966 to deal broadly with the most effective methods of supporting higher education and with the role and problems of the educational consumer. An important trend--the marked and seemingly…

This paper represents a brief version of a report to be published later this year and summarizes the "Institutions in Transition" project. Part I involved an extensive review of US Office of Education data from 1940 to the present. Major findings were that (1) the rapid increase in the number of students in higher education has been primarily…

This report reflects the origin of student enrollments for the fall semester 1970 of the 43 accredited Kentucky colleges and universities. The enrollments are aggregated for each institution, by state and country, and Kentucky resident students by county of origin. For the fall of 1970, Kentucky state-supported and independent institutions of…

This report indicates financial support of higher education in Washington as compared to other states. Tables are presented concerning: (1) combined state and local expenditures for higher education per equivalent full-time students; (2) percentage of student enrollment in public institutions to total population; (3) percentage of private…

The severe fiscal problems of private higher education are precisely described in this book. Emphasis is placed on where the money comes from, where it goes, and the consequences of expenditures exceeding income. What private colleges are doing about budget deficits is examined, and important recommendations about what they should be doing are…