The demand for education by adult students in 1980 is measured by a comparison of applications by and acceptances of adult and conventional students in various subject areas, age groups of applicants (21-24, 25-29, 30-39, and 40 and over), and chance of acceptance, by age group. (MSE)

Competition for England's university places is shown to be regionally biased. The extent of regional disparities is examined using previously unpublished information from the Universities Statistical Record. The demand for and allocation of university places is seen as primarily a regional phenomenon. (MLW)

The author delineates four distinct sectors of higher education which have developed in contemporary France, and discusses how this system has managed to absorb social demand and deflect challenges to its historically stratified and elitist nature. (SJL)

Reported is a study of one affluent community which has experienced a sharp enrollment shift toward private education. The public and nonpublic school parents sampled differed strongly in satisfaction with public school achievement, discipline, and moral training. Academic motives for school choice predominated. The Catholic sub-sample receives…

Selected data showing possible trends and biases in the student population at Monash University are shown that may indicate whether changes in public policy and in the pool from which students are drawn are being reflected in the composition of student intakes at Monash. (LBH)

Summarizes results of new studies on the relationship between tuition and enrollment in higher education, looking at analyses of this relationship alone, of that between student financial aid and enrollment, and of that between aid and enrollment for students of different income groups, races, and in public and private sectors. (MSE)

Examines the emergence of the concept of university leadership, common in the United States but relatively new in many other countries. Describes three models of institutional leadership (academic chief executive officer, elected rector, and minister) and analyzes the potential of each. Discusses both national and institutional culture as powerful…

Because of the excess supply of student spaces relative to the number of students able or willing to pay posted tuition prices at private colleges, many schools have been using financial aid to compete for students. However, schools like Muskingum College (Ohio) are now reaching the limit of this strategy and are implementing major…

An updated model of the effect of birth rate on demand for higher education predicts that if current patterns hold, the total demand for higher education by U.S. residents ages 18-24 will increase by 30% over the next decade. The projection assumes a continuation of past funding availability and continued influence of cohort size and international…

Against the backdrop of declining performance, political transition, and the increasingly dominant role of donor agencies in educational decision making, this paper questions the feasibility and sustainability of educational expansion in Malawi. Three critical features of the Malawian political economy (land scarcity, declining wage economy, and…

Pakistan province initiated two pilot programs to encourage the creation of private schools for poor girls. Uses randomized assignment to treatment and control groups to measure program effectiveness. Finds that the pilot schools are successful in urban areas, but relative failures in rural. Explains differences such as better availability of…

Examines how colleges and universities can rededicate themselves to equal opportunity for minority students. Because of cutbacks in higher education and reduced opportunities for minorities at the postsecondary level, colleges and universities must make a concentrated effort to recruit and retain minority students, and to increase their chance for…

Identifies the changing nature of educational demand and its effects on educational planning. Concentrates on the socio-cultural, political, and technical factors involved and their relationship to the changing contours of educational planning. Analyzes trends that may modify the role of education. Discusses strategic planning based on the…

While African American studies programs are growing, there is a shortage of African American faculty to teach them, and graduates in the field are not enough to fill the demand in the near future. White faculty with appropriate academic backgrounds are filling in the gap, drawing mixed reactions from African American studies scholars. (MSE)

Argues that the GI Bill has largely gone unfulfilled for blacks. This is because the poverty in which most blacks found themselves after World War II made seeking higher education problematic. College overcrowding, inadequate precollege preparation, and segregationist policies at schools did not help. The result was greater pressure on black…