The enrollment growth in higher education is slowing down. While the decline can be viewed as part of a long-term growth cycle, institutions still need to find students. Institutions may find students by expanding their educational mission, by ascertaining the instructional needs of a variety of students, and by offering the appropriate services…

This volume of papers is based upon a lecture series given at Western Michigan University in the winter of 1973 by eminent economists concerning economic theory and policy as they relate to providing public education. Papers cover: the evaluation of manpower programs; the integration of higher education into the wage-board system; how much and…

This study of community colleges in general and Alaskan community colleges in particular is divided into eight areas: (1) community colleges in the United States, (2) the development of community colleges in Alaska, (3) history of the local events leading to the present development of the Tanana Valley Community College, (4) community interest in…

Three approaches that can guide a nation's public policy with respect to graduate education and the supply of highly educated persons are discussed: manpower planning, human capital analysis, and the principle of free student choice. The first two perspectives were judged to be inappropriate and the free-choice principle endorsed. The reliance on…

This study has 3 primary goals: (1) The development of a manpower supply-demand model for medicine in Pennsylvania; (2) Utilization of the model to make projections of physician needs for Pennsylvania from 1971-1980; and (3) A general analysis of the data particularly with regard to the current dilemma in medical care for which Pennsylvania and…

This study of doctoral needs in New York State indicated: (1) In 1970-71 New York graduated about 11% of the Nation's doctorates. (2) New York's system of doctoral education has many individual institutions and programs of high quality. (3) With a few notable exceptions, there has been little significant sharing of resources or interinstitutional…

This book is intended to provide an exposition of the economic approach to educational issues for (1) economics students interested in social economics or public expenditures analysis, (2) other social scientists who require an understanding of the economic issues in education, and (3) educators and administrators who are confronted with economic…

Data collected in a 1968 interview survey of a national probability sample of young women 14-24 years of age are the basis for a 5-year longitudinal study of employment and educational experience. The report analyzes work experience, educational background, labor market status, work attitudes, and plans for the future. Future analysis will use…

This paper argues that Affirmative Action requires both greater use of persons in the existing pool of qualified persons in the context of hiring for university faculty positions, and long range action to increase the number of women and minorities in that pool. First, it will indicate doctoral production. Second, it demonstrates that, at least…

The purpose of the paper is to develop a theoretical analysis of the demand for full-time education in which nonmonetary as well as monetary benefits enter explicitly. (Author)

Suggestions are made for restructuring and reallocating existing fiscal, physical, and personnel resources in the present educational system to serve the needs of the adult learner. The economic recession makes the re-evaluation even more imperative. (LH)

Community education involves the use of public school buildings for total service to the community during before-school, after-school, and evening hours, with facilities becoming comprehensive community centers for the continuing education, enrichment, and unity of all the people. (Author/LH)

A viable method of identifying alternative futures for continuing education is examined using the Delphi technique. The study synthesized information concerning the most important influences that a selected group of experts foresaw as shaping the sructure, programs, clientele, and financing of continuing education for the next two decades. (LBH)

Some of the errors in educational planning that arise from manpower forecasts are examined using the Australian doctors manpower plan, 1975-91 as an illustration. The large variation in results that can occur through the substitution of alternatively feasible coefficients is shown. (Editor/LBH)

Changes that are likely to affect higher education in the near future have major implications for institutional management, governance, and leadership. Ten forecasted changes are discussed regarding: enrollment, demand, income, work-learning integration, outcomes, general education, continuing education, and costs. (LBH)