This financial report of the New Jersey community colleges is organized around a series of five topics: (1) costs and enrollments; (2) allocation of resources; (3) sources of revenue; (4) enrollment profile and output measures; (5) facilities and capital data. Each of the five sections contains quantative data from budget projections submitted by…

The study's purpose was to determine the supply and demand for vocational agriculture (Vo-Ag) teachers in Washington State for 1975-76. Primary source data were collected from the files of the State superintendent; institutional information was obtained from Vo-Ag teacher program directors of five regional State universities; and a questionnaire…

Main and branch campus enrollments in all Oklahoma colleges totaled 63,561 for the summer session of 1975, an increase of 11,524 students and a percentage increase of 22.1 percent over the same period one year ago. Of the total enrollment 89 percent was in public colleges and universities, while 11 percent was in private institutions. The tables…

This report describes how a New York school district took advantage of a decline in elementary school enrollment to restructure the district's educational program, reduce staff requirements, and eliminate double shifting at the district's junior high and high school. The district's plan involved closing one of the three elementary schools and…

Extension classes student characteristics for Continuing Education and Extension, University of Minnesota, are presented and provide a basis for future program planning. Detailed descriptions and 22 supplemental tables are presented regarding: patterns of registration, span of attendance, courses registered for and completed, educational…

This article, in the form of an interview, deals with the status and expected future of foreign language programs in the nations schools and colleges, and in particular, Virginia's. Despite hearsay, enrollment in foreign language has remained fairly constant in Virginia high schools. French and Spanish have the highest enrollments, followed by…

This paper analyzes the recent and past demographic, economic, political, and social causes of community college enrollment trends. It also discusses the effects on enrollment of proximity and low cost; the reclassification of existing institutions to two-year college status; community college usurpation of functions formerly provided by other…

Since 1962, when the state legislature authorized the establishment of community colleges and committed the state to share in their support, 16 community colleges and 67,166 students have been added to the higher education system in New Jersey. This report documents the development of the community colleges from 1955 to 1972 in the context of the…

In the second half of this decade, society will likely move toward a creative synthesis between the unbridled progressivism of the 1960's and the reactionary conservatism of the early 1970's. In Canadian secondary education, this movement will result in redistribution of power, alterations in the nature of education, and increased insecurity of…

In spring 1975, students attending evening classes only comprised 17 percent of the total enrollment of the community colleges of Hawaii; day-only students comprised 71 percent, and students attending both day and evening classes comprised 12 percent. In all three groups, the majority are male liberal arts majors who were on campus last semester…

This volume presents trend data in an attempt to assess the educational system in America and to detect the patterns of change within the system. Data indicating the changes that have occurred are presented in seven areas: (1) school enrollment, (2) teacher characteristics, (3) student performance on aptitude and achievement tests, (4) degree…

This study presents statistical information by state on the major languages being studied in secondary schools. Enrollments by language in Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Latin, and Ancient Greek, and other modern foreign languages are illustrated in three charts. These include: (1) enrollments and percent 1958-62 (Grades 9-12); (2) percent of…

This survey, conducted by the Modern Language Association of America, of B.S. degree requirements in foreign languages is intended to supplement a survey on requirements for the B.A. degree published in 1953. The compilation of statistics, collected from questionnaires sent to 1,005 registrars of accredited four-year colleges and universities,…

The part-time and extension student population of Mercer County Community College was surveyed in the fall of 1973 to provide information about the characteristics, perceptions, and activities of these students. The survey instrument developed for the study was the "Part Time and Extension Student Survey." A computer program for…

This audit summarizes and analyzes enrollments, program offerings, finances, and capital facilities data for 35 2-year agricultural and technical colleges and community colleges in New York, and highlights significant trends. In addition, county charge-back payments, as well as detailed quantitative information for each of the 35 colleges, which…