In this report, the Commission considers a proposal by the Yuba Community College District to convert the Woodland Educational Center, currently a state-approved off-campus center of Yuba College, to a full-service community college. The proposal is in response to significant population growth occurring in Yolo county and adjacent areas. The table…

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.…

This study of Wyoming citizen access to community college education explored several factors related to college enrollments over the period 1990-1997: age characteristics of the Wyoming population, age characteristics of credit headcount enrollments in the Wyoming College System, and penetration rates of Wyoming Colleges into Wyoming counties.…

The February 15 projection is important because it corresponds to the timing of the state's February revenue forecast and, potentially, proposals to change the biennial budget. Besides informal consultations with various interested parties, the Services Office held a meeting on January 30, 2004 for interested parties, as specified in legislation,…

The proposed model can be likened to a moving least squares'' model. It uses a data search procedure in which the intent is to evaluate a number of variables substantively, rather than in terms of formal statistical procedures. (Author)

Pressures on higher education institutions are of two types: those that arise from the actions of the government or organized groups; and those that arise from natural'' forces, such as the decline in the birth rate. Higher education will no longer be a growth industry unless new constitutencies can be attracted to its institutions through…

Points out the advantages of double scheduling (offering each course twice a year, making it possible to double the number of students accepted and graduated). Presents a curriculum offered since 1963 at The George Washington University Medical School, where double scheduling will be put into effect in 1971. Speech delivered at the 79th Annual…

Validation studies, placement-enrollment comparisons, student surveys, and instructor interviews are discussed as operational methods in a synthesizing approach to undergraduate course placement evaluation. A range of suggested questions is coupled with various data sources in placement evaluation schemes and system procedures. (CM)

Two methods used to predict enrollment at Montgomery College in Maryland are compared and evaluated, and the administrative context in which they are used is considered. The two methods involve time series analysis (curve fitting) and indicator techniques (yield from components). (MSE)

Explains Project Simu-school, a computer program that can predict enrollment, needed buildings and programs, and anticipated costs. (JM)

Describes a simulation model that examines the relationship of dropout behavior and re-entry flows in a local school system to changes in local socioeconomic factors, school-related conditions, and aspects of labor market participation. Assesses the policy implications for affecting these flows at the local board level. (Author/IRT)

A Long Island, New York, school district has used portable classrooms to deal with the space problems caused by temporary spikes in student enrollment. The overall cost of using portable classrooms to solve long-term problems eventually surpasses the overall cost of building permanent structures. Lists guidelines for determining when to use…

Traces the history of Black colleges and universities. Most Blacks now attend predominantly White schools. Because Black institutions today could accommodate only 25 percent of potential Black students, the problem of access for Blacks must be solved by federal and state governments and majority institutions. (DM)

Great Britain's General National Vocational Qualification (GNVQ) is an innovative further education program that is empowering students and outstripping enrollment projections. In 1992-93, GNVQ was piloted in five vocational areas: business, health and social care, leisure and tourism, art and design, and manufacturing. Under GNVQ, assessment by…

Policy analysis provides the framework for enrollment planning in the Arizona university system. The new planning model consists of a statement of principles, a five-year strategic plan, an enrollment demand model, determination of institutional capacities, development of strategies to meet demand, and analysis of policy choices and consequences.…