Summary statistics on fall 1985 application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario, Canada, universities are presented. Each applicant was allowed to indicate up to three choices of universities and programs. Each choice was considered to be a distinct application, even though the…

A University of New Mexico program in Spanish for professionals began in 1981 as a Spanish and Portuguese program to provide language training for personnel in health care, business, law, and education. The program encountered early problems of uneven enrollments, funding difficulties, and some lack of interest from the campus professional schools…

An analytic system for colleges that involves student flow calculation, an historical curriculum matrix, and departmental workload forecasts is examined. The conceptual base, uses of the data, technical issues, and implementation are covered. The student flow calculation uses enrollment trends to develop the probability of a student with a given…

Trends in enrollments and degrees for physics and astronomy students are examined, based on the American Institute of Physics' annual Survey of Enrollments and Degrees. A total of 787 physics and/or astronomy degree-granting departments were contacted. Information is included on: physics enrollments and degrees awarded by academic year, 1974-1986;…

This report contains Portland Achievement Levels Tests results for the 63 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 1 special program school in the Portland (Oregon) School District for the 1985-86 school year. Results in reading, language usage, and mathematics are reported for children in grades 3 to 8. Each school data page presents the…

A Committee on Minority Students was appointed to examine the issue of minority student presence at the University of Notre Dame. The committee's report discusses Notre Dame's current situation in the context of national trends and successful programs elsewhere, and 12 recommendations for action are made. The report consists of the following…

Information provided by the Maryland State Board for Higher Education permitted Prince George's Community College (PGCC) to determine the proportion of Prince George's County residents attending various colleges and universities in the state and to analyze trends in PGCC's market shares from 1982 to 1987. Findings regarding full- and part-time…

Examination of college enrollment in Atlanta, Georgia, showed the starkest contrasts between White gains and Black declines of any of the five metropolitan regions studied by the University of Chicago's Metropolitan Opportunity Project: while there were no declines in enrollment for White or Hispanic students, there were substantial declines for…

A survey was conducted of the chairs of the collegiate associate degree and baccalaureate degree nursing programs in New England. The questionnaire concerned curriculum needs for nursing programs, based on a model emphasizing that the fourth year of a nursing program should be a paid clinical practicum. The response rate was 72% (n=45). Results…

The sixth in a series of descriptive summaries about the status of 1972 high school seniors, the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, is presented. Four chapters focus on the following: education experiences of the 1972 senior class (enrollment in postsecondary education for 1972 high school seniors, attainment in…

A study was conducted at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) to examine student retention in two ways. First, the percentage of fall 1987 students who returned for classes the following spring was calculated for several student groups. Second, students entering PGCC for the first time in 1980 were tracked in terms of attendance and degree…

This guide is intended to assist developers and providers of programs for single parents and homemakers. The first section discusses the special needs of single parents and homemakers, the provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984, and Ohio's single parent and homemaker projects. Section 2 covers the the following aspects…

Vocational enrollment is declining because of an increase in academic requirements. Because job skills are changing so rapidly, employers are increasingly choosing to provide their own vocational training to students who have mastered standard academic requirements. However, the lack of hands-on methodology in academic curricula and the lack of…

As student enrollments drop, effective principals should develop equitable staff reduction plans. The present plan calls for principals to determine staff support levels as well as staff ratios in three categories: classroom teachers, support teachers, and clerical/custodial services. Knowing past enrollments is essential for projecting the number…

Factors that are most important to institutional effectiveness in the production of black baccalaureates were studied. A further concern was how these factors can be translated into policies and practices for undergraduate institutions that have not traditionally served black students. An effectiveness quotient was developed as an overall measure…