Discussion of the work of the American Library Association's Committee on Accreditation includes committee membership, the proliferation of library programs, application of accreditation standards, the status of library schools, library school enrollments, the marketplace, curriculum, librarian certification, and practitioner problems. (EJS)

Highlights "Graduate Student Survey" and "Survey of Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Degree Recipients." Among findings reported are those indicating that many foreign students are not competing for jobs with American PhDs, more 1981/82 graduates (5 percent) received no job offers than 1980/81 graduates (3 percent). (JN)

By dividing data from the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) on over 2,700 institutions into two periods (1972-76 and 1976-79), researchers found that patterns of enrollment variation were related to five institutional types (based on degrees granted, comprehensiveness, and years of study), public or private control, and economic…

Examined educational goals and personal characteristics (values and attitudes) of academically successful and unsuccessful men and women engineering students. Confirmed the college-fit theory: If the values, goals, and attitudes of a student correspond to those of an institution, the student is likely to remain at the institution. (PAS)

Cooperative education programs can serve as strategies for resolving environmental threats and dangers, for realizing environmental opportunities, and for transforming the threats and dangers into opportunities. (JOW)

Summarizes 1981-82 enrollment data on geoscience students from 460 United States and Canadian degree-granting college and university departments. Includes enrollment data for males and females, minorities, and geology students. Also includes numbers of bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees received. (JN)

A methodology is demonstrated through which significant change patterns in an education system can be identified and then interpreted in terms of the political, social, and economic contexts of those years. Data for the New South Wales system have been used for this study. (MSE)

New competencies needed by admissions officers to maintain enrollment will require acquisition of research and management skills as well as computer technology for the entire admissions staff. These administrators must also offer a new image and new services to public and institution alike. (MSE)

As higher education enters an extended period of declining college-age enrollment, effective marketing and enrollment management techniques should be an institutional priority. All colleges, including two-year institutions, should have a comprehensive plan to maintain desired enrollment levels. (MSE)

Legal education, though seemingly healthy, is defined by too narrow a conception of the lawyer's role, and would benefit from integration with the social sciences in the university. (Available from: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 1285 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14209, $3.50) (MSE)

Reviews changes that have occurred since 1970 in federal- and state-funded vocational agriculture programs in the U.S. and makes enrollment projections for the 1980s. The author suggests that four concerns warrant attention in planning for the 1980s: nature of programs, clientele, source and competence of teachers, and program quality. (LRA)

The author cites statistics on the growing college enrollment of men and women over 25 and discusses the special characteristics and needs of the adult female student. Part of a theme issue: "Views of Women in Education: Past, Present, and Future." (SJL)

Enrollments are declining in all departments of institutions of higher education. Resultant problems for teacher education are discussed, and coping strategies for colleges of teacher education during a period of enrollment decline are presented. (JN)

The viability of Freeman's model, which uses three equations to analyze causative demand and supply determinants, is examined as a management tool for explaining and predicting enrollments and the job market using macro and micro cases. (MSE)

Enrollment data are presented in tabular form for the period of 1965-66 through 1977-78 (in some cases also 1978-79) for Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and U.S.A. Trends are analyzed briefly, for overall, university, and nonuniversity sectors. (MSE)