Analyzes results of a questionnaire survey in which 220 college presidents made predictions regarding funding, staffing, and enrollment for the next five years. (JT)

The results of a computerized tracking system and followup studies of nonreturning students indicate that the nonreturning student statistic at Mercer County Community College (New Jersey) has been due to intermittent enrollment, changes in personal plans, and completion of individual student objectives, rather than to the failure of the student…

The era of educational expansion is now past. Educators must cut back their programs, but at the same time not ignore severely pressing educational issues. (PB)

In 1981, the Maryland State Board for Community Colleges (MSBCC) conducted a study of the funding of remedial education in the state's community colleges, with the intent of recommending alternative approaches to community college funding for consideration by the legislature. Presidents of each of the 17 community colleges were contacted and asked…

Enrollment projections for the state of Connecticut are carried out to the year 2000 in this document. Separate figures are provided for the elementary and secondary levels because their trends will be different in the 1980s. Vocational-technical school enrollment is incorporated into the secondary enrollment figures. The data should be useful to…

Characteristics of New Mexico's ten two-year colleges and two technical-vocational institutes are presented in a standard format, initially recording statute under which and year the institution was organized; area vocational school designation; and enrollments and valuation for 1977-78 for each of the public school districts within the…

Reports from 20 state supervisors of foreign languages were compiled. Each report describes a state's elementary-level and secondary-level foreign language programs and activities as of November 1979. Topics covered include basic foreign language programs, trends in foreign language enrollment, teacher training, work with other divisions within…

Presented is a study and recommendations regarding the role of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in developing skilled water quality control personnel. The American Academy of Environmental Engineers, which conducted this analysis, concludes that the federal role should be a major one. Furthermore, the present EPA policy of leaving labor…

An advanced enrollment questionnaire was sent to 2,337 US institutions in 1966 as part of the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), the eighth in USOE's survey series on students enrolled for advanced degrees. Students were classified into 3 levels of study: first year (completed less than 1 full year of required study for an…

This report presents in tabular form a variety of statistics on 17,849 nonpublic schools for 1965-66. Highlights of the study include: (1) 13,243 schools offered only elementary grades, 2,509 offered only secondary grades, and 2,097 taught both levels, (2) nonpublic enrollment increased 10 percent, from 5,736,000 to 6,305,000, since 1960-62, (3)…

A questionnaire survey of approximately 870 schools provided enrollment data on technology students. Data are presented in tabular form for curriculum, type of school, and four categories of students--(1) engineering, all degree levels, (2) technology, terminal associate degree level, (3) technology, bachelor's degree level, and (4)…

There are more young people over sixteen receiving full-time education in Britain than ever before, entirely due to birth rates. The expansion of education for the 16 to 19 age group has been accompanied by an increase in the number of kinds of institutions catering to their educational needs. In the early 1960's, most of these students were in…

The purpose of this report is to provide information about educational programs offered by the Los Angeles Community College District colleges in which student enrollments as expressed in weekly student contact hours have significantly declined. Programs showing a 16% or greater decline in weekly student contact hours (WSCH) as compared with 1973…

Data gathered throughout Hawaii's six-campus community college system shows that the number of diplomas awarded during 1974-75 totaled 1,782, an increase of 18 percent over the previous year. Growth was evident in all diploma categories: Associate in Arts degrees increased 15 percent; Associate in Science degrees increased 22 percent; and…