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…

This report documents long-term trends in racial/ethnic enrollment in higher education and presents enrollment data for the fall of 1988. The first section presents overall enrollment trends for institutions of higher education by racial/ethnic categories and selected student and institutional characteristics, such as sex, level of study, type of…

This report addresses two elements of an eight-part study of South Carolina's vocational education system. The report provides an overview of major national and state issues regarding vocational education in grades 9-12 and the structure and operation of the system. Statewide information about enrollment patterns and a profile of students who…

This report of teacher supply and demand in Florida looks at measures of teacher shortages during the 1985-86 school year, compares the projected supply of teachers by subject field with the numbers needed during 1987-88, and then projects the demand for teachers through the end of the century. Also included are status reports on programs which…

Elementary school enrollments for the Fall of 1983 in Broward County (Florida) were studied in order to test the following hypothesis: relevant policy promulgated by the Board of Education did not result in "racially" balanced elementary schools. These specific questions were addressed: (1) To what extent were the elementary schools of…

The employment of college graduates in Pakistan was studied along with socioeconomic conditions, unemployment, employment needs, and college enrollments. Surveys were conducted with employed graduates and post-graduates, graduates who were self-employed, unemployed graduates, students, educational institutions, and employers. Employers in 19…

A new perspective on American colleges and universities in the nineteenth century is presented. Attention is directed to denominational colleges, colleges by region, and student groups, including such issues as who attended college, enrollments, student age at college entrance, geographic origins, parental occupations, subsequent careers, and…

The financial viability of private colleges was assessed by examining the relationship of expenditures to endowment to voluntary support (nongovernment gifts and grants). A sample of 284 private coeducational colleges was drawn from the Council for Financial Aid to Education's (CFAE) annual survey of voluntary support (1976-1977 to 1980-1981). The…

Despite pessimism concerning school funding prospects and the deep recession of the early 1980s, this article shows that real school revenues during 1980-1988 continued to increase at substantial rates. The first section discusses school revenues in the context of the country's gross national product and personal income from 1960 to 1980. While…

This statistical report focuses on Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The report contains the core school enrollment and staffing data of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). The first part presents a summary of the demographic trends impacting both public and private education. Comparisons are made…

A place-to-place migration study of first-time freshmen in American four-year colleges and universities presents student migration patterns for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia in Fall 1986. Migration patterns of all first-time students are reviewed, but the focus of the analysis is first-time freshmen, the most critical…

This report presents an analysis of factors influencing enrollment patterns at Lake City Community College (LCCC; Florida) and recommends ways to increase enrollments at the college. Section I reviews the methods of collecting data for the report, which included interviews with key college personnel, an examination of social indicators such as…