Profiles on higher education for fiscal year 1985 are presented for the United States, each of the 50 states, and the District of Columbia, with attention to state involvement, support, and performance in higher education. Each state is indexed to a national average and ranked on selected statistics, based on data collected through the Higher…

A school board's proposal to require secondary school students to repeat all required courses in which they received grades of D or F would probably result in significant, unintended increases in enrollment, overcrowding of facilities, and a need to hire many additional staff members. Analysis of the district's current procedures, which deny…

Data are provided in this report on the changes that occurred in full-time student equivalent (FTSE) and headcount enrollments in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) by student age and sex between fall 1972 and fall 1982. First, figures illustrate FTSE and overall headcount by sex and age for MCCCD as a whole. Next, tables…

Data are presented on student headcount enrollments in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) within six credit hour categories: 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-15, and more than 16 credit hours. Using 45th day enrollments, table 1 shows differences between 1981 and 1982 headcount within the credit hour categories and table 2 provides…

During the past 10 years of collecting school data, the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) has received a 100 percent response rate from member schools, according to this overview of enrollment trends and statistics reporting in Catholic schools. The data are compiled into a yearly directory, "Catholic Schools in America,"…

These two reports analyze enrollments at Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) by zip code between fall 1982 and fall 1984, by student major between spring 1981 and spring 1985, and by student educational goals for spring 1985. Highlighted findings include the following: (1) the enrollment from Oklahoma City showed a steady decline in terms of…

Arguing that there is a growing gap between the goal of providing equal educational opportunity for Blacks and Hispanics in postsecondary education in California, and the state's past and projected ability to reach that goal, this report examines the extent of the dual problem of underpreparation and underparticipation of Black and Hispanic…

Data on enrollments, personnel, and finances in Michigan's 29 community colleges are presented in this report. Following introductory material on the development of the data book and an executive summary of major trends, 44 tables are presented focusing on instructional information (e.g., enrollment trends by college and instructional activity,…

This report on the second Census of Secondary School Course Offerings, conducted in 1982, provides data on offering and enrollments in the Illinois public schools grades 7 through 12, and updates the first Census of 1977. Data were collected for 489 junior high schools (82% of the total) and 719 high schools (99% of the total). Discussed in the…

Data and analysis of the geographic distribution of students attending Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada, are presented. Attention is directed to student distribution by: Alberta census division, Alberta municipality, urban-rural area, and province and territory. Measurement of student representation is based on the extent to which Athabasca…

The history of the two-year college shows how it developed in response to society's desire to maintain the class structure. (Editor)

For the first time in history, there are sufficient numbers of old people to constitute a significant segment of the population. Older Americans are going back to school and to college. This shift in population is working, and will continue to work changes on schools and colleges faced with enrollment shortages. Colleges need new programs that…

Employer demands for college education rise as enrollments fall. (Author)

At Grand Valley State Colleges an early retirement program for faculty was proposed as a contingency plan for potential enrollment shifts or declines. In this analysis, as a preliminary to the institution of such a program, a number of questions are considered in detail: potential benefits; principles on which the institution should base the plan;…

Analyzes the impact of market conditions and instructional practices on faculty composition in the next few decades. (Editor/JT)