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…

Trends toward part-time enrollment in postsecondary education and implications for states in the Southern Regional Education Board are discussed. It is noted that total enrollment is slowing and may be expected to begin a decline through the mid-80s, and the decline will deepen as full-time students tend to be replaced by students who study…

This report forecasts U.S. public school enrollments and instructional and operations expenditures by state for each year from 1978 to 1982. Enrollment predictions are for preprimary and kindergarten, elementary, secondary, special education, and ungraded classes. Instructional expenditures include textbooks and workbooks, library materials,…

Overall enrollment trends (changes) in each sector (state-owned, state-related, community colleges, state-aided, and private colleges and universities) of Pennsylvania higher education over the last 10 years are examined and the conditions that impact on these changes are identified. The variables included for the analysis are divided into four…

The College of Education of the Cleveland State University opened its first graduate program in 1968. The purpose of the study reported here is to provide information for reflection about the college's past performance and for planning new directions in its graduate programs. The study uses information from college and university records,…

This national survey of college and university enrollment management practices examines how current technology is being used to make enrollment management more efficient and cost-effective. The report finds that more enrollment managers use advanced tracking, research, and analysis systems to determine the most effective outreach methods; they…

This paper compares student headcount enrollment and full-time enrollment prior to and following transition to a semester calendar at 75 public colleges in three state systems: Alabama, Georgia, and Utah. Before and after effects on enrollment in the transition colleges are examined and compared with colleges that did not make the transition. In…

The problems of the British educational system are viewed from an American perspective. The author compares present educational problems and prospects in Britain and the U.S., and describes Britain's policies on enrollment decline, nursery schools, disadvantaged children, secondary school organization, curriculum, examinations, teacher education,…

This report examines the trends in Black undergraduate enrollments at Pennsylvania colleges and universities and postsecondary education participation rates for Pennsylvania's Black high school graduating classes for the 1980s. Enrollment trends for all undergraduates, full-time undergraduates, first-time undergraduates and for part-time…

Data on enrollment trends and student characteristics in the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) are presented, along with an examination of the possible effects of the imposition of tuition in fall 1984. Following introductory comments on data collection and analysis, information is presented on district enrollment; day/evening…

In contrast to the problems and policies of school boards of the 1950's and 1960's, when school enrollments increased at an unprecedented rate, the problems of school boards in the 1970's became those of retrenchment. Responding to the issues of declining enrollments and fiscal restraints, the Ontario Ministry of Education in 1981 required every…

Six major areas considered most likely to present stern challenges to educational leaders in the final years of the 20th century are: (1) changing demographics, (2) economics, (3) technology, (4) occupational and vocational education, (5) human rights, and (6) family structure. Relying on major reports, current periodicals, and personal…

This is an update of the first five-year plan for postsecondary education in California, adopted in 1976. While continuing to reflect a concern with developing a more effective and better coordinated system of education, it deals to a greater extent with problems and issues of direct concern to students and potential students: equal educational…

The development of the Ontario university system from 1975-76 to 1977-78 is traced, with focus on the deteriorating financial situation of the past few years and the impact of recently declining enrollments. The growth of cooperative activities among the universities has included the planning of graduate programs, library cataloging, instructional…

Nineteen cabinet rank departments and 13 governmental agencies administer government affairs in the Virgin Islands. In fiscal year 1977 major government revenue sources included 48% contributed by collections from U.S. customs and 29% from taxes. Major expenditures were 48% of all funds going into commercial and industrial development, 13% toward…