The papers in this collection were presented at a midwest regional conference on enrollment decline and school closing. The papers deal with such topics as analyzing enrollment decline, examining trends in school enrollment and demography, and strengthening the educational program, as well as school facilities, public opinion and school closing,…

The relationship of racial factors to recent trends in enrollment of white students in private schools is examined in this paper. Demographic and school enrollment data on 157 U.S. cities were gathered from the 1960 and the 1970 census. In addition, data from a 1968 survey of civil rights and school politics in non Southern cities were used in…

The 1976 Master Plan for Ohio has been shaped by the new challenges and new conditions of declining growth and expansion, changing enrollment patterns, demands for higher education from groups not previously served, the need for and advent of new programs and innovative forms of instruction, and the changing requirements of society itself. The…

The Five College Cooperative (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and University of Massachusetts) allows unrestricted access to any course in any of the colleges to any student enrolled at any of the colleges. The purpose of this research is to furnish information for planning decisions in the Fine Arts Department at Amherst College in the…

The tenth annual study of the application and enrollment patterns of transfer students at any institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during fall 1979 is presented. Transfer students are defined as undergraduates who were enrolled at a SUNY institution for the first time in a given fall term, but who had previously attended another…

Statistical results of the 1981 Survey of Graduate Programs in Catholic Colleges and Universities, which was conducted by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, are presented. Responses were received from 91 of the 113 Catholic colleges and universities to which the survey was mailed. Summary data are presented for all…

This report describes a study to review and interpret existing trend data on vocational education enrollments and teachers. In the first section purposes of the study, research questions, and methodology are defined. Section 2 presents documented historical and projected trend data on vocational education enrollments and staff, together with…

These two reports from the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) present population projections for the MCCCD service area and enrollment projections for the district and its seven individual colleges. The first report reviews enrollment increases over the past decade and presents fall 1980 figures as a background for examining county…

Key issues for public higher education and reaction of various states to deal with the problems caused by fiscal constraints are addressed. The following four problems are considered: (1) enrollment decline; (2) enrollment fluctuation, regardless of the enrollment trend; (3) changes in the student body composition; and (4) budgetary reductions in…

A study was undertaken in 1976-77 of foreign students and faculty in all Canadian universities. "Foreign" is used to mean non-Canadian landed immigrants as well as non-Canadians in Canada on temporary visas, although the distinction is felt to be a very important one for further understanding. The two main sources of data were the…

Changes in financial support patterns in four southern states over the course of major school desegregation were examined for the period from the late 1960s through the mid 1970s. The states included in the study were Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina, those States with the largest proportion of black children in the country. The…

A market impact analysis was performed to determine the potential enrollment loss for all sectors of postsecondary education in Florida that would result in allowing four upper-division state universities to implement new lower divisions. Additionally, the history leading up to this request by the upper division colleges and the pros and cons for…

A study of the governance and financing of three school district junior colleges and educational centers operated by state-supported institutions of higher education in North Dakota was conducted to determine the current status of these institutions with recommendations for future development. The three institutions were Bismarck Junior College,…

Ten of the eleven research monographs which embody the major institutional research thrust of South Oklahoma City Junior College (SOCJC) during 1975 are presented in this compilation. The first study considers the American College Testing Program scores of students entering SOCJC in Fall 1975 in relation to college choice, student characteristics,…

The enormous but often overlooked impact of energy resource development on small Western United States communities can be illustrated by the experiences of the traditional coal mining town of Hanna, Wyoming. Coal development doubled the population between 1970 and 1972, and required the addition of a sewer system and a police force, plus the…