Faced with declining enrollments and the recommendation to combine two middle schools, the Tipp City, Ohio, school board contacted consultants to examine the school facilities, focusing on current and future use, and look closely at past and current demographic data to project school enrollments. Data from the United States Census and from…

Increased enrollments combined with teacher retirements and resignations are creating a strain on the current supply of qualified teachers. As the demand for new teachers is increasing, the number of new teaching graduates is decreasing proportionally. A national teacher shortage is imminent and already exists is some locations and in some…

An examination is provided of the environmental, economic, and educational factors that will influence the courses, programs, and services of the community college in the future. Introductory remarks provide an overview of the future of the community college, detailing factors affecting the institutions such as the tax revolution, declining…

This report results from a National School Boards Association (NSBA) conference on declining enrollment and from a survey of state school boards associations conducted in advance of the conference. The conference drew school board leaders and school administrators together with population experts to achieve several purposes that are reflected in…

The task force was charged with defining medical manpower goals and suggesting programs that will assure an adequate supply of competently trained medical manpower distributed in such a way that health care is accessible to all residents of the state. Specific topics addressed in this report are: physician supply and distribution problems; foreign…

In the first of the two addresses presented in this publication, George Vaughan examines trends likely to influence the development of community colleges in the United States. He predicts: (1) the increased representation of women, minorities, part-time, and older students will continue; (2) increased competition with higher education institutions…

The present report was developed as a reassessment and revision of the 1974 state plan for completing desegregation of higher education to meet new challenges and problems in the 1980s. Accomplishment of the new goals was targeted for 1985. This report has four chapters. Chapter one summarizes the goals and recommendations of the task force on…

An evaluation methodology is presented by which Prince George's Community College can assess alternative responses to anticipated fiscal constraints. The paper first points to four types of responses to financial problems and reviews two studies of community college responses to financial limitations. It then states the objectives for the…

A study was conducted to identify and clarify the stated missions, goals, and relationships of three institutions (Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation [BCSC], Indiana Vocational Technical College [IVTC], and the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Campus [IUPUI]) to each other and the Columbus community to determine the…

This document presents a framework for the study of individual demand for education. It also presents an analysis of research findings and applies these findings to recent educational trends and changes in Sweden. The first chapter provides data showing that the demand for higher education in industrialized countries has increased greatly during…

Higher education in Massachusetts is considered in relation to governance and student financial aid. Growth since 1960, enrollment projections, and changing financial realities are considered. Attention is directed to reorganization of public higher education, including the struggle to strike a reasonable balance between institutional needs for…

This booklet offers a census of course offerings and enrollments in social studies in junior and senior high schools in Illinois. It is part of a series of reports surveying statewide basic curriculum data. Data were collected in 1977 from 459 public junior high schools and 704 public high schools. The document is intended for use by school…

Statistical data on seven Israeli universities for 1977-78 are presented in this annual statistical abstract compiled by the Planning and Grants Committee of the Council for Higher Education. Data on students are tabulated according to academic institution, level of degree, field of study, age, sex, and continent of birth. Enrollments and…

By 1973 there were very great disparities between the opportunities for education in the urban and rural areas of Afghanistan. This case study concerns provincial school construction programs for hundreds of small buildings in the remotest areas of what is one of the most mountainous countries of the world. A study proposed alternative building…

This nine-part, long-range plan discusses the internal and external factors that will affect Lorain County Community College's (LCCC's) development from 1978 to 1983 and presents a forecast of LCCC's future needs. Part I traces the history of LCCC, provides a conceptual framework for college planning, and discusses the plan development process…