Presents findings from the 1997 Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication Enrollments, surveying 450 programs in the United States. Presents results regarding enrollment trends, degrees granted, curricular specializations, enrollments and gender, enrollments and race, faculty size, and staffing. (SR)

Nursing educators in two-year programs are resisting efforts by educators in four-year nursing programs to lobby state legislatures to require all new registered nurses to hold bachelor's degrees. Two-year advocates cite their graduates' superior performance on the profession's standardized entrance exam, whereas four-year advocates cite…

Analyzes the sensitivity of white enrollment yields and black enrollment yields to changes in real net cost at a large urban public university between 1988 and 1993. Estimates by random effects, controlling for financial, academic, and qualitative variables. Although enrollment yields are insensitive to net cost changes, sensitivity for blacks is…

When rapid growth and major educational changes created turbulence in Verona, Wisconsin, educators and community members used six strategies to weather the storm and improve conditions. They moved from controversial to less emotional issues, stressed consensus in decision making, imported a neutral listener, developed a forum for dialog,…

Examines investment and consumption features of the demand for medical education, using medical application data over the 1948 to 1994 time period. Examines a variant of a pure human capital (investment) model and a model augmented by consumption and demographic variables, using medical education data. A static human capital model best forecasts…

Discusses a growing gap between the participation of Black men and Black women in higher education, leading to a pronounced imbalance that is altering the social dynamics of the Black community. Includes a table providing a 10-year comparison of participation in several college majors by race and gender. (EV)

Reports that American community and technical colleges are enrolling an increasing number of overseas students. Lists techniques for planning international student recruitment strategy, including securing a budget and paying attention to trends. Finds that electronic recruitment through a Web site is the most inexpensive and effective method. (CJW)

Many colleges in New Jersey are opposed to the for-profit University of Phoenix plan to offer six degree programs within that state. The university currently enrolls 50,000 on 87 campuses in 13 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico and has formally applied for licensing in this and three other northeastern states. Thirteen colleges operate within a…

For over 40 years, Hodgkinson has confronted education demographics problems. He explains his major concerns; shifting views on standards and assessment; effects of students' home backgrounds; need for curriculum diversity; and the misleading notion of monolithic leadership. Now is the worst time for a uniform standards movement. (MLH)

Examines gains in enrollment of women and minorities in higher education, arguing that although access has dramatically improved for women, particularly nontraditional students, this is not true for minorities, especially African Americans. Nontraditional African American women are showing higher rates of participation than their male…

Reports results of the Modern Language Association's survey of foreign language enrollment in colleges and universities across the United States. Questionnaires were sent to registrars of 2,836 2- and 4-year institutions, soliciting information on credit-bearing registrations for fall 1998 registration in all language courses other than English.…

Reports on the 1998 "Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication Enrollments" with information collected from 451 colleges and universities with journalism and/or mass communication programs. Includes information on enrollments and degrees by year in school, sequence of study, gender, and racial or ethnic group; and information about…

Proposes that a truly "seamless" student retention effort by colleges and universities is one that begins before students are enrolled and anticipates and identifies the needs of students as they progress in the educational system. Discusses demographic trends in the higher education market, the geography of minority enrollment, and the impact of…

Presents a statistical record of the progress of African Americans in U.S. higher education institutions, including the black-white higher education equality index; statistics measuring the state of racial inequality; ranking the nation's law schools according to percentage of black students; and college affordability (comparing black and white…

Discusses how Dr. James E. Lyons, Sr., president of California State University Dominguez Hills, and Dr. James M. Rosser, president of California State University Los Angeles, face unprecedented leadership challenges and opportunities as their institutions experience demographic changes. (EV)