As school districts face declining enrollment and stable or reduced funding they look for ways to contain costs and continue to provide a quality educational experience. In many states "a new wave of consolidation...may be at hand" (Kysilko, 2003). The research cites advantage for both consolidation and for maintaining small schools. The…

This article reports on the increase of Middle Eastern students in universities in Australia and New Zealand because of difficulties in getting visas for the United States and Britain. Difficulties in securing visas, combined with more aggressive recruiting by higher-education institutions in New Zealand and Australia, have led a growing number of…

This study explored the perspectives of 350 California superintendents from various-sized school districts in relation to their ability to support student learning while addressing the numerous and complex personnel, social, and economic challenges faced by schools. Specifically, this study investigated the attitudes and opinions of district…

The downward enrollment trend shown in this year's "AS&U" 100--a compilation of the nation's 100 largest school districts--is unmistakable. Added together, the 100 largest districts had 10,708,137 students in 2006-2007, compared with 10,763,959 in 2005-2006. Even districts that showed steady growth throughout the 1990s and the early…

Information systems (IS) programs have been struggling with declining enrollment since 2001. The IS community has addressed the enrollment crisis by sharing best practices in journals and at conferences. Typically, such practices focus on improving enrollment through either (1) recruitment events or (2) program/curriculum development initiatives.…

Provides a summary of some of the points Briault made in his speech on the effects of declining enrollment on secondary schools. (Author/IRT)

Suggests cost-effective ways of operating small schools so that students will be offered the superior caliber of educational enrichment that is achieved only in uncrowded classroom settings. (Author/IRT)

In this report GAO recommends that the Secretary of HHS direct ACF to (1) ensure the accuracy of national enrollment data, (2) develop a standard criterion for regional offices to use in identifying grantees whos underenrollment merits action, (3) develop an additional enrollment measure that takes into consideration the different levels of…

Demands of dual-career families may restrict their participation in extension programs. Extension professionals should look upon this as an opportunity and challenge to serve this new audience. (JOW)

Board members who want to keep educational quality high must define quality and then use the staff as a resource, reassess the educational program, and include teachers, administrators, and students in a continuing dialogue on the schools and how to improve them. (Author/IRT)

Looks at some considerations, tools, and alternatives that administrators in districts with declining enrollments can use in making decisions regarding cutting budgets and programs, meeting community demands, and dealing with personnel problems. (IRT)

Presents a model to assist in long-range forecasting of enrollments in institutions of higher education. (WD)

Reductions in participation in National School Lunch Program in 1981-82 are of concern to hunger groups and legislators. Extent to which Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acts (OBRA) of 1980-81 contributes to participation decline was measured by simulation model in New York State. Results suggest that OBRA increased participation; declining…

Describes reasons for a shortage in pharmacy students, including increasing demand for the services of pharmacists, a longer degree program, a strong economy, and poor working conditions. (EV)