Declining enrollment necessitates thorough educational planning and effective decision-making to deal with the community traumas that usually accompany school closings and curtailment of services. The author outlines suggestions for maintaining good school-community relations through developing consensus, community involvement in decision-making,…

Despite the fact that fewer students today are earning liberal arts degrees, Clairbourne E. Griffin of the University of Akron sees a bright future for the liberal arts, because of the value to the individual of a liberal education. (Author/SJL)

Outlines the reasons for school district financial problems in the state of New York and suggests improvements. (Author/MLF)

In view of enrollment decreases in public schools and colleges, alternative curricula based on job marketability need to be examined. This article examines the educational-studies major. Perceived benefits and limitations are detailed, and results of a survey of some 100 Texas undergraduates' attitudes toward this curriculum are presented. (JC)

Explores some possibilities to help maintain staff strengths and the integrity of existing programs. Also proposes a number of criteria that may be combined into a Staff Reduction Index, which could be useful in developing more rational staffing policies. (Author/IRT)

Among the factors contributing to the acceleration of community education development are the increasing concern over duplication of effort by community agencies, declining school enrollment, and increased adult leisure time. (Author/MLF)

Examines the decline in the numbers of students who are applying to medical schools. Both students and admissions personnel comment on the challenging and very expensive proposition entailed in attempting to become a physician. (RK)

Planning was the secret in redistributing more than 600,000 library items from ten closed schools in Prince George's County, Maryland. (Author/MLF)

The superintendent of a school district lists his district's problems and goals. In the spring he will discuss the successes he had in achieving those goals. (IRT)

Analysis of data from computer printouts of CUNY's allocations indicates that the sharp drop (18 percent in 1976) in applications cannot be explained solely by the end of open admissions. Characteristics of the students not applying are examined and reasons for the enrollment decline are studied. (Author/LBH)

Noting that mass education is a product of the affluent society, this article details efforts in West Germany to maintain quality education in times of shrinking economic growth, decreasing entry-level enrollments, level-funding, and decreasing political priority. Provides facts and figures on population trends, educational funding, demographic…

Declining academic credentials of law-school applicants, coupled with a significant drop in the number of applications, are forcing all but the most prestigious law schools to accept students they would have previously rejected. Figures collected by the Law School Admission Council/Law School Admission Services are analyzed. (MLW)

Colleges and universities should become age-integrated institutions and focus more on continuing education programs as a primary institutional function. (MSE)

Analysis of budgetary, personnel, and enrollemnt records from school districts in the Saint Louis, Missouri, area reveals that the administrative share of resources grows as funding increases or enrollment declines. Tendencies to cut administrative staffing when funds are restricted suggest that improved cost-benefit analysis of administration may…

Objectives of research to investigate recruitment activities by colleges of pharmacy were: to determine the extent of declining applications to pharmacy schools, to identify recruitment activities conducted by pharmacy schools, and to determine the perceived importance of specific recruitment activities. (Author/MLW)