Describes a study that investigated enrollment trends in elementary, high school, and unified school districts in Illinois from 1970 to 1975 and compared the percentage change in numbers of regular teachers, special teachers and supporting staff, and administrators employed by the same districts from 1969 to 1974. (JG)

Part 1 of a two-part article describes the comprehensive planning process being used in White Plains to improve the educational program as well as the facilities. (Author/MLF)

Instead of removing differences based on wealth, the state distributions and the local differences are being confounded by changing educational needs prompted by declining enrollments. (Author/IRT)

A quantitative decline is predicted because of the leveling off of industrial production and exhaustion of resources. Coping with these conditions requires flexibility and adaptability. Delusions of certainty zero in on catastrophe. (Author/MLF)

"Steady state" implies that as students and their requirements change, so must the academic staff. The present and foreseeable future in Australia is reviewed briefly along with implications for faculty in both teaching and research. (LBH)

Graduate enrollments in mathematics are holding steady only because of an influx of foreign students, many of whom leave the United States after getting their degrees. This has led to classroom language problems and overemphasis on securing bright students and faculty from other countries. (MSE)

The planning process at Towson State University was developed in anticipation of a projected enrollment decline of 12 percent in the period 1984-90. The planning process, planning model, and implementation are described. (MLW)

Suggests how to reduce school budgets in hard times by cutting personnel costs through leaving some teacher vacancies until September, using teacher aides in study halls, scheduling creatively, promoting early grduation, scaling back kindergarten, combining underenrolled grades, and hiring additional supervisors. Suggests administrative cost…

Using 56 school districts that experienced enrollment declines, this study describes the variables in superintendent succession amidst declining enrollments and locates the strongest predictors of succession. (JW)

An Atlanta, Georgia, school that closed after 50 years of service and stood vacant for five more years now contains subsidized rental apartments for the elderly. (MLF)

By the time today's surplus schools are needed for students, the buildings will be 40 or 50 years old. The surplus school should be disposed of now and new facilities built when the need arises. (MLF)

Summarized is a report of the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, in which predictions are made that undergraduate enrollment in U.S. colleges may fall 5-15 percent within the years 1980-2000. Financial recommendations are made at state and federal levels to deal with adjustments to the decline. (CS)

A case study of a once declining and troubled vocational school that is now a new, comprehensive high school. (Author)

If we can view things realistically and still be imbued with Christian optimism and if we put more effort into the servant aspect of leadership, Catholic schools will progress in quality and quantity. (Author/SJL)

Describes the process which was used at Emporia State University in the development of a five-year plan. Included are a discussion of the factors and conditions which instigated the planning, the process used, faculty involvement, and the components which were included in each department's plan. (Author/SJL)