This report represents data collected by a mail survey comparing budgets, levies, and enrollments of small, rural schools (Class "C") in Montana for fiscal year 1991-1992. The average enrollment of 82 elementary schools was 128 students; the average enrollment of 82 high schools was 58. The average total enrollment of Class "C"…

Documentation of the Romanian system of language instruction in ethnic minority languages is presented in Romanian, French, and English. It consists of: relevant provisions from the national constitution concerning the rights of ethnic minority members; organization and functioning of the educational system at the elementary, middle, and secondary…

This paper describes the national demographic and economic context of higher education and offers interpretations of what it portends, in order to illuminate the changing environment of higher education. The discussion focuses on: (1) demographic trends, such as the projected annual enrollment growth in the 1990s of 1.2 percent and the increasing…

This paper presents findings of a study that examined the relationship between structural conditions and parent proclivity to educate their children at home. The term "structural costs" was used to refer to conditions within the district that could be changed by the district. Data were obtained from a survey sent to the departments of education in…

A study examined distance training in the European Union (EU) countries. First, recent literature on the following topics was reviewed: technology-supported learning, flexible and distance learning, development of open distance learning, and teleconferencing and distance learning. Next, enrollments and trends in distance learning in the EU as a…

This report, one of a series of country studies on higher education and employment particularly in the humanities and social sciences, looks at employment prospects for social science and humanities graduates in Austria. Organized in three main sections the first reviews past problems in humanities and social science education. In particular the…

In 1979, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) began its high school graduates by state projections. The three editions issued since that time have been widely used. This report provides an analysis of the accuracy of the WICHE's projections and an examination of the cohort survival method used to generate the projections.…

This paper examines the U.S. college admissions market in the late 1980s and 1990s and how enrollments have shifted, competition has increased, and nonschool-based services have mushroomed. Introduced is the concept of admissions management: a constellation of behaviors which include, among others, the buying of services to help mostly…

Following a legislative mandate that required public four-year colleges and universities in Virginia to report the academic progress of community college transfer students, seven senior institutions submitted data to Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) on the progress of PVCC transfer students. According to the submitted data, 176 PVCC…

This publication offers a comprehensive statistical look at the Utah state higher education system covering enrollment, degrees, tuition and fees, financial information, and comparative analysis. Introductory information includes a general description of the system, a map showing campus locations, a listing of organizational names, institutional…

In 1970, the City University of New York (CUNY) instituted a controversial open-admissions policy, which permitted the enrollment of large numbers of students in need of basic skills instruction. In 1990, a study was conducted to compare the 1989 freshman cohort at New York City Technical College with the first open-admissions cohort entering the…

This report describes the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) Preschool Programs, which envision an early childhood educational delivery system that provides for developmentally appropriate practices in children's programming, integrated services to families, and interagency collaborations among organizations. For the 1990-91 school year,…

This report examines Mississippi's current and future childcare needs, drawing from two statewide telephone surveys conducted in 1988. Part I of the report provides an overview of four key topics: (1) childcare as a business issue; (2) childcare as an ongoing family life issue; (3) patterns of childcare arrangements in the United States; and (4)…

This report presents non-fiscal information on public elementary and secondary schools for the 1991-92 school year and finance data for the 1990-91 school year (fiscal year 1991). Statistics are based on data from two of the four surveys of the Common Core of Data program of the National Center for Education Statistics. In comparing findings of…

Following a legislative mandate that requires public four-year colleges and universities in Virginia to report to community colleges the academic progress of their transfer students, eight senior institutions submitted progress data for 1991-92 to Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC). An analysis of those data revealed the following: (1) 306…