University education in Alberta during the next two decades is addressed in relation to the increasing in-migration and uncertain participation. Although Alberta has the highest rate of net population gain among all provinces due to in-migration, it is not clear how many of the 18-24-year-old cohort will be job-seekers rather than potential…

The first half of this paper reviews the school enrollment trend in the state of Wisconsin and discusses the implications of school closings. It offers planning suggestions to local districts in light of statewide declining enrollments. The second half of the paper--a review of recent literature related to "cutback management"--is…

Grade reports supplied by California State University at Los Angeles (CSULA) for the 1978-79 academic year were used to assess the academic performance of the 503 Los Angeles City College (LACC) students who transferred to CSULA in Fall 1978, Winter 1979, Spring 1979, and Summer 1979. These data indicate that 23% of the transfer students failed to…

THE ADDRESS SUMMARIZES THE 1964 GENERAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (MLA), BUT EMPHASIZES THOSE ACTIVITIES FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT CONTRACT OR WITH FOUNDATION SUPPORT. AMONG COMPLETED GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PROJECTS DESCRIBED ARE (1) JUNIOR AND SENIOR COLLEGE MODERN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENT SURVEYS, (2) THE PUBLICATION AND…

ALTHOUGH THE ENROLLMENT IN COURSES IN UKRANIAN IN WESTERN CANADA'S SECONDARY SCHOOLS CONTINUES TO INCREASE NORMALLY, THE DEMAND FOR RUSSIAN DECLINES PROGRESSIVELY. FACTORS AFFECTING THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS ARE (1) THE UNDERSTANDABLE PREFERENCE OF THE PREDOMINANTLY UKRANIAN POPULATION OF THE PRAIRIE STATES TO STUDY THEIR PARENT TONGUE, (2) THE LOCAL…

This booklet presents 1975-76 statistics on a variety of school operations for American and Canadian private schools that belong to the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), based on data from questionnaires completed by 517 schools. Also included are NAIS membership figures for 1976-77. A series of tables summarizes statistical data…

This study was designed to determine how to attract additional students to enroll during "Winterim," a two-week session which is scheduled between the regular fall and spring semesters at William Rainey Harper College. One hundred and seventy-five traditional credit and 94 continuing education students who attended Winterim in 1977…

This third annual survey of the fall enrollment at independent colleges and universities is designed to provide timely information for college presidents and policy-makers. The study utilized the national sample of the Minter-Bowen study, expanded in 1977 to include research universities and two-year colleges. This stratified sample of 135…

Presented are statistical data from the National Science Foundation fall survey of Graduate Science Student Support. This survey included graduate schools with master's and doctoral programs in science, engineering, and medicine. (SA)

Current trends in higher education, specifically those related to the changing characteristics of students and the impact of those changes on colleges and universities, are addressed. Three distinct trends contributing to the changing characteristics of college students are: the decline of 18-year-olds in the population, the rising proportion of…

In a discussion of the crisis in graduate education in the sciences and engineering, focus is on factors that threaten American capability to produce world-class science in universities. While finances play a part, the causes are basically structural--the rigidity of university faculties, stemming from a significant expansion in tenured positions,…

A profile of private liberal arts colleges as a group was constructed from a study of approximately 690 such colleges in the U.S. This study has six chapters, including an introduction that presents a cursory view of some major aspects of the condition of higher education in general. The next four chapters examine trends in institutional and…

Black and minority recruitment efforts, admissions policy in social education programs, and black content within educational programs are discussed in this paper of black professional education in human services. Statistical data are presented that show a decline in black enrollment in social work education programs indicating a need for increased…

This paper examines the phenomenon of declining school enrollments from the viewpoint of the school district superintendent and discusses what steps the superintendent should take to cope with the problem. The author devotes much of his attention to the process of closing schools; he outlines specific strategies the board of education and…

Newly graduating engineers and technicians of the class of 1974 enjoyed the best job prospects since 1970, according to data compiled by the Engineering Manpower Commission from a survey of the nation's engineering and technical schools. The pattern of persons seeking employment and those seeking further study seem to have been changing gradually…