Advocates increased emphasis on job availability for physicists with bachelor degrees so that lack of positions does not cause a greater decrease in undergraduate physics enrollment. (CP)

The authors conducted a survey to study the percentage of minority students enrolled during 1974 in 109 major universities and the admissions policies of those universities. Results indicate that minority student enrollment has decreased overall while special programs for American Indians and Chicanos have increased. (SE)

Provides student credit hour (SCH) production data and full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty values for physics departments for eight state institutions in Illinois. From this data a SCH/FTE "efficiency" ratio is calculated and implications for present staffing patterns and maintaining faculty size are discussed. (Author/CP)

Describes a three-member team approach to physics instruction using Project Physics. Emphasizes a variety of instructional techniques and activities. (CP)

The article deals with data on enrollment and degrees granted in home economics in colleges and universities for the two decades of 1952-53 through 1972-73. It has attempted to point out from this data significant trends and changes in home economics higher education. (Author/BP)

The author discusses the problems facing colleges and universities, and some possible solutions. Emphasis is placed on the problems of lower enrollment, faculty, and research funding. The author argues that slower physical growth will result in growth in quality and service. (DE)

The author considers some problems caused by lack of university growth and discusses changes in policy that the no growth state will require. Faculty tenure in a no growth situation is emphasized and early retirement recommended to maintain vitality in the institution. (DE)

With declining enrollments and a tight financial situation, North York borough must now increase its planning. (WM)

Declining enrollments and accelerating construction costs have had an impact on school construction. This is the time for involving people and planners in re-examining goals, deciding how to best use present facilities, and determining what will be needed in the future. (Author/MLF)

This report provides early estimates of fall 1989 enrollment and academic year 1988-89 completions for all postsecondary institutions in the United States. The estimates are from the "Early Estimates" survey conducted as part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. The survey, conducted by telephone, collected key…

In response to concern that open admissions was contributing to declining student preparation and institutional reputation, Practical Bible Training School, a small, private college, proposed new admission criteria: an American College Testing Service (ACT) score of 15, a Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) combined score of 700, or a 2.00 high school…

A case study is presented which tests Hossler's 1984 assertion (that well conceptualized plans to manage enrollment can lead to a better institutional self-understanding and an enhanced institutional health and vitality) and critically examines one private, comprehensive university's effort to improve the quality and quantity of its environmental…

The book provides statistical data in narrative and tabular form on the 366,354 foreign students in the United States from 186 nations. Foreign students were enrolled at 2,521 of the 2,819 U.S. colleges and universities responding to a survey for the 1988/89 academic year. Part I provides information on the annual census of foreign students in the…

Growing concerns have been raised regarding enrollment figures for Black students and other minority groups in higher education. The current state of minority faculty and student presence is revealed in the institutions of higher education in Indiana. Five population subgroupings were studied including Whites, Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, and…

The study described in this report was designed to determine student enrollment trends and the service area of Arizona's Phoenix College (PC). Headcount and full-time student equivalent (FTSE) data were collected for fall semesters from 1985 through 1989. The average yearly change in enrollments was calculated and presented in table and graph…