The fall 1975 credit enrollment in West Virginia institutions of higher education is reported. The reports are based on standardized data submitted by the institutions of forms developed by the staff of the Board of Regents. Data are provided on head-count enrollment, and analysis of full-time-equivalent enrollment of public colleges and…

Developing a model for predicting demand for freshmen requirement courses (from freshmen enrollees and from returned enrollees who failed to complete the course in their previous quarters) is the objective of the Freshmen Requirement Study, now partially completed by Federal City College. Work done so far has essentially validated an initial…

The 14 entries cited in this annotated bibliography provide information on a variety of topics associated with declining enrollments--closing schools, reducing the teacher force, maintaining good relations with the public, using released space, forecasting enrollments, and related planning and policy matters. (IRT)

Independent schools that are of viable size, well managed, and strategically located to meet competition will survive and prosper past the current financial crisis. We live in a complex technological society with insatiable demands for knowledgeable people to keep it running. The future will be marked by the orderly selection of qualified people,…

On the instruction of the Council of Ontario Universities, the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning has conducted a planning assessment for graduate studies in physics and astronomy. Contents of the report encompass future enrollment projections in physics graduate studies, the distribution of physics graduate students among the universities,…

The impact of decreasing enrollments is being felt by many postsecondary institutions. Some institutions have been forced to close as a result of their failure to recognize the problem and their consequent entrapment in a vicious spiral: decreasing enrollments bring about reduced revenues; declining income results in personnel and program…

At the Annual Conference of Universities Council for Adult Education, reports centered around individual and regional accomplishments in the field as well as on general trends--exploration and innovation, the use of radio and television, the construction of buildings, and the role of the full time tutor. Heriot-Watt University, a new member,…

This document determines the location and number of freshmen and transfer student vacancies for the fall term 1974 in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. In the survey, 447 institutions were polled; of this number 229 schools responded. Responding institutions…

This report, the second segment of the first phase of the Indiana Education Facilities Comprehensive Planning Study, reviews the area of enrollment projections and facilities inventory-space utilization analysis for 1968 through 1985. Chapters cover introductory material, population data for Indiana, college enrollment in Indiana, and projections…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a report by 11 experts invited by the Ministry of Education and Culture to give their views on Brazilian university reforms. The introduction to the report states the principles underlying the proposals for reform adapted to the current social transformation in Brazil.…

This report is part of a 10-city national study of revenues and expenditures shared by a local government. The purpose of the study is to project operating revenues and expenditures of the Albuquerque public schools through 1975. The revenue projection includes all sources and uses various methods for estimating Federal, State, and local revenue.…

IMPORTANT PROBLEMS EXIST IN RESPECT TO OBJECTIVES, DISTRICTING AND GOVERNANCE. FINANCIAL SUPPORT, STUDENTS AND STAFF OF PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES. CONTINUATION OF THE "OPEN DOOR" POLICY, WITH PROVISION FOR A WIDE RANGE OF STUDENT ABILITIES AND GOALS, IS URGED. ALL TERRITORY IN THE STATE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS, JUNIOR…

A decline in enrollment accompanied by population shifts, change in social composition of enrollment, central city decline, and urban renewal have combined to have significant effect on Atlanta schools. This study was designed to gather community input, analyze population trends, examine school plants, examine educational needs, and reach…

The Simulation Option Model (SOM) was developed as part of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation work on educational planning. Its two main purposes are to be an analytical tool for the project on Educational Growth and Educational Opportunity and to be a direct contribution to member countries' own work in these areas. The model…

Using the Student Inventory File of the OBOR information system, detailed analyses were conducted on 1971-1975 enrollments in Ohio by institution, count, part-time versus full-time status, age, rank, day-evening, marital status, etc. Data on out-of-state enrollments, graduate students, and professional students were also tabulated. (LBH)