The humanities today are proving far less attractive to students than in the 1960s and 1970s. Program enrollment is declining, students are criticizing the programs, and the economic situation, especially that of employment, is not conducive to interest in the humanities. Planning strategies are discussed. (MSE)

The variety of conventional and creative responses of U.S. higher education institutions to declining enrollments and related educational change is outlined, and the shift in the role of state governments in higher education is discussed. (MSE)

Changing student needs and strategies for adapting college or university programs to meet these needs are discussed. Significant changes in the composition of student enrollments during the past 30 years include an increase in the number of veterans, minorities, handicapped, older adults, women, and foreign students. Four possible strategies are…

The case study approach is used to analyze problems of college and university administration. Among the topics treated in this collection of essays are: from the expanding university to the steady state; university reorganization; the metropolitan state university; intercampus relations in multicampus universities; the politics of program reform;…