Jerome B. Jones, superintendent in Providence (Rhode Island), explains why a return to K-8 grade organization may solve this city's declining enrollment and other educational problems. (JM)

Discusses five issues affecting education in the United Kingdom--financial constraints, reduction in the number of students, accountability and participation, concern for standards, and changes in social patterns. (Author/IRT)

Foresees a period of adversity for higher education, characterized by declining enrollments and financial resources. Urges colleges to look for ways to improve the quality of and expand their services, especially with regard to an increasingly part-time, adult student population. (AYC)

Although school populations will increase again beginning in the 1980s, presently they are declining. The need for changes in curriculum, pedagogy, and the mode and site for delivery of services are traceable from demographic analysis; the form of the educational response is not. (Author/IRT)

Identifies and discusses some short- and long-term social and economic pressures that appear to be arrayed against nonpublic schools. (Author/IRT)

Enrollment decline is expected to continue until at least 1983-84. With that fact as a reality, administrators should marshal available creative talent and search out solutions. A table shows the percent of enrollment changes Fall 1971 to Fall 1976 in the 50 largest school systems. (Author/MLF)

Enrollments will not see steady growth again for five years. Most of the struggling colleges that have managed continuing success so far are predicted to survive. Some will endure specifically because administrators and trustees have incorporated the procedures and programs that have been successfully implemented in other institutions. (MSE)

A survey of 196 Canadian home economics departments (55% response) regarding the status of consumer and family economics programs confirms that undergraduate enrollment is declining. The relevance and appeal of the undergraduate curriculum need to be improved and constituencies must be educated about the skills graduates possess. (JOW)

The growth of Catholic education peaked in 1965, with 14,296 schools. By 1990, attendance had decreased by 3 million; by 1996, only 8,243 Catholic schools remained, accompanied by a sharply declining clergy and a growing lay faculty. Catholic schools have stressed student achievement, worked effectively with disadvantaged children, and maintained…

Although the law pertaining to tenure denial based on scholarship and teaching is well settled, legal issues governing faculty dismissal due to declining college enrollments are unsettled. This paper reviews tenure cases and explores tenure denial based on institutional need, anticipating development of a separate body of law. (72 references) (MLH)

Discusses five major challenges facing principals in rural schools: school consolidation and busing, teacher shortages, declining enrollments, funding inequities, and deteriorating facilities. Calls for more support to rural schools from the community and local, state, and federal governments. (PKP)

The Australian Government has stressed the important role universities play in producing knowledge workers to service the needs of the technology-driven "new economy". The massification of Australian higher education from 1989 rapidly increased the stock of university-educated people in all disciplines. Although university science…

In an ideal world, review and changes to computing curricula should be driven solely by academic concerns for the needs of students. The process should be informed by industry accreditation processes and international best practice (Hurst et al., 2001). However, Australian computing curricular review is often driven by the need for financial…

There has been a disturbing decline in the take-up of physics within second-level education in Ireland since the early nineties. Here, an analysis is presented of the main factors influencing the take-up of physics from the perspective of secondary school teachers. The database underpinning the analysis is based on a comprehensive survey of…

Organizational attributes and responses of 56 small to medium-sized colleges that experienced enrollment decline over a 4-year period were investigated. Administrators and faculty members completed surveys that included items concerning institutional agreement on mission and responses to decline. Each college had experienced decline in full-time…