Tuition-dependent colleges and universities face increasing competition for students. This study examined whether accreditation sanctions might serve as signals of quality and relate to enrollment. Results of a panel analysis showed enrollment declined for institutions after being placed on sanction with their regional accreditor. Specifically,…

"Current Term Enrollment Estimates Report" Series is published every January and May by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. It provides national enrollment estimates by degree level, institutional sector, enrollment intensity, age group, gender, major field as well as state-level enrollment estimates. Starting in fall…

Examines the use of a community telephone survey at Worthington Community College (MN) to predict which off-campus and evening classes would have the highest enrollment in Fall 1979. Discusses the survey questions and examines the use of findings to schedule classes and increase enrollments. (JP)

Responds to Don Morgan's reaction (JC 502 050) to David Riesman's article, "Community Colleges: Some Tentative Hypotheses" (JC 502 056). Summarizes Riesman's major arguments and challenges Morgan's interpretations of them. (AYC)

Reviews the history of private liberal arts junior colleges, from the founding of Lasell Female Academy in 1851, to their zenith in the mid-1940s, and their decline in numbers and enrollments in the 1970s. Emphasizes their role in the development of egalitarianism within U.S. higher education. (DMM)

Presents a cautiously optimistic view of the future of private junior colleges, arguing that there is a need for their values-oriented approach to education and for a pluralistic educational system. Discusses challenges, including the high cost of education and potential enrollment declines. (DMM)

The fall 1984 implementation of tuition in California's community colleges created the need for aggressive strategies to counter the anticipated, major enrollment decline. For the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), those strategies involved a new campaign incorporating districtwide and campus-oriented events, as well as the…

This analysis of 1984-85 enrollments in the California community colleges begins with a summary of major trends, indicating that: (1) for the third consecutive year, community college fall enrollment has decreased from the peak recorded in fall 1981, with a cumulative 3-year decline of nearly one-fifth; (2) the decline appears to be due to several…

This report addresses program enrollment in the Florida Community College System (FCCS), focusing on possible reasons for and solutions to the decline in community college enrollment. The FCCS produced a set of enrollment headcount projections in mid-1997 that indicated that the system would be serving 330,000 credit students by fall 1999.…

Discusses the competition between four-year institutions and community colleges for a dwindling number of students, and describes a Total Marketing Concept (TMC) with which community colleges can maintain their share of the educational market. Relates the experiences of four colleges using this concept. (JP)

This report gives the results of a 1977 survey of foreign language registrations in colleges and universitites in the United States carried out by the Modern Language Association. (CFM)

Analyses of enrollment figures at Diablo Valley College (DVC), in California, indicate that the number of students under 20 years of age attending has been declining. DVC's enrollments are dependent on what happens in the college's feeder areas, since the number of recent high school graduates directly affects enrollment at the college. While the…

Defines marketing and discusses the eight steps of the marketing process. Emphasizes the necessity of having one individual or committee responsible for coordinating marketing functions. Notes that marketing's success depends on its acceptance by all levels of the institution. Lists the benefits of implementing marketing in a community college.…

Points out the underutilization of facilities and the lack of service to potential students caused by the usual morning/evening scheduling pattern. Describes the planning and marketing of Mesa College's Afternoon Curriculum, which offered five six-week sessions during the academic year, and evaluates the program. (DD)

A survey by the Los Angeles Times indicated that only 18% of the 64% of the Californians who voted for Proposition 13 did so with the hope that expenditures for education would be reduced. However, because financial support for both kindergarten through twelfth grades and community colleges have come largely from local sources, these two segments…