Suggests that given the fact that there is no way to prevent further expansion of the ghettos, spreading school and housing segregation are virtually inevitable in the absence of a powerful policy to alter the normal self-fulfilling prophecies of neighborhood transition. (Author/AM)

Reports the results of a questionnaire designed to obtain data on enrollments, graduates, growth status, and other facets of baccalaureate programs in engineering technology. (GS)

Traces average response to recession, beginning with the use of blinders to maintain the illusion of the good old days, through the belated realization to the ill-considered hysterical response. Then, of course, the business like approach. Presented in Williamsburg, Virginia, in May to the Potomac and Chesapeake ACAC. (Author)

In 1989, a study was conducted to examine the influence of student demographics (e.g., age, race, and year of high school graduation) and student enrollment characteristics (e.g., full-/part-time and new/continuing) on enrollment trends in Virginia community colleges. Telephone interviews were conducted with a representative sample of 601…

The 1984-85 academic year was the first in which women's studies courses were included in the core curriculum at Eastern Connecticut State University (Willimantic). This paper examines the effects of this inclusion. In general, these courses have enjoyed increased and diversified enrollments, with more men and continuing students electing to take…

This report presents projections on areas of potential teacher shortage and oversupply in the next 10 years in North Carolina. The report is organized into five chapters. Following the introduction, chapter two presents data on past and projected levels of teacher demand. Chapter three presents data on past and projected levels of teacher supply…

The 1985 annual report on external studies in Western Australia is presented. Progress within each of five post-secondary institutions is briefly reviewed, with attention to efforts to increase the use of new technologies, improve the quality of resource material and production facilities, and extend the availability of learning opportunities to…

This is the third annual report of teacher supply and demand in Florida. It looks at measures of teacher shortages during the 1983-84 school year, compares the projected supply of teachers by subject field with the numbers needed during 1985-86, and then projects the demand for teachers through the end of the century. Teacher vacancies in Florida…

Designed to assist college personnel in assessing program needs, this report provides an overview of the humanities programs at Triton College. Part I focuses on curricular humanities programs, including discussions of the role and objectives of the School of Arts and Sciences; humanities courses offered in the school; special humanities…

Trends in the number of transfer students enrolled in New Jersey four-year institutions in the fall semesters from 1981 to 1985 are examined, along with the extent to which community colleges have contributed to the pool of students who transfer. Also considered are characteristics of students who transferred to state colleges. Overall, the trend…

A notebook for participants in seminars on enrollment planning is presented. The seminars were sponsored by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems. Seminar objectives for session 1 included: to understand the strategic enrollment issues, to review the national and regional demographic trends, and to understand that individual…

Strategic planning is a process designed to move an educational organization through the steps of understanding changes in the external environment, assessing organizational strengths and weaknesses, developing a vision of a desired future and ways to achieve that mission, developing and implementing specific plans, and motivating that…

When a discipline enters the lock-out mode in the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, the computer prevents a student from registering in any course in that discipline unless he/she has completed all prerequisites for that course. To determine how this registration process affected enrollments, average daily attendance (ADA) figures…

In 1982, the California Postsecondary Education Commission conducted a statewide survey of remedial education in California's community colleges for the 3-year period, 1978-79, 1979-80, and 1980-81. College of the Sequoias's (COS's) response to this survey included the following information: (1) COS offered 6 remedial reading courses, 4 remedial…