Fourteen school districts in Arizona responded to questionnaires concerning the problem of surplus school space. (MLF)

Declining enrollment presents educational planners with a new challenge. The prospects of consolidation and reductions require the use of the most effective technical planning procedures available to facilitate effective decisionmaking. (Author)

A panel made up of a school superintendent, a school board member, a news editor, and a foundation president discussed with workshop participants the impact and results of enrollment decline on one large urban area. (Author/MLF)

Vocational and technical institutions are enjoying increased enrollment, while liberal arts education is experiencing declining enrollment. A panel and conference participants discussed ways higher education can change productively and adapt to present and future circumstances. (Author/MLF)

The advantages and disadvantages of five alternative ways of using surplus space available to school systems. (Author)

A quantitative decline is predicted because of the leveling off of industrial production and exhaustion of resources. Coping with these conditions requires flexibility and adaptability. Delusions of certainty zero in on catastrophe. (Author/MLF)

Among the factors contributing to the acceleration of community education development are the increasing concern over duplication of effort by community agencies, declining school enrollment, and increased adult leisure time. (Author/MLF)

Two conflicting tendencies in society are the superindustrial society and the postindustrial alternative. If we pursue the postindustrial vision, schooling will foster an understanding of the nature of the world. (Author/MLF)

The expected rise in enrollment may be just a 10-year window of growth, followed by another period of decline. Changes will occur in the manner that technical and vocational courses are taught. The emphasis on light industry and electronics will require new instructional areas including "clean rooms." (MLF)

Workshop conferees looked at alternative organizations for planning, the place of planning in the decision making process, major social impacts that must be included in the planning process, the identity of planning agents, technical support needed by planners, and improved project planning. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the implications on public education of declining enrollment, one-parent families, and working mothers. (MLF)

Aspects of decline that affect architecture--enrollment, resources, facility condition, funding, the educator's role, and the architect's role--were discussed by workshop participants. Specific solutions included building conversion, master plans, an energy bond referendum, and a regional school concept. (Author/MLF)

Panel members discussed voting trends, declining enrollment, success of bond issues, school closing, and a summary of NIE's research on declining enrollment. Workshop members participated in discussing the issues. (Author/MLF)

In one of the three major presentations at the 54th Annual CEFP/I Conference, public mistrust in the schools is discussed and Pino states that we should be looking at the year 2000, and working ourselves back to the present. (Author/MLF)

An abstract of a study to discover the political interaction leading to policy decisions for the management of underutilized school facilities, to determine the actual policies that resulted from those activities, and to investigate the satisfaction level of participants. (Author/MLF)