Enrollment management deals with the quantity of students an institution enrolls; student body composition; and the quality of students, services, and programs. The enrollment growth in American higher education institutions has ceased and a decline is expected due to: (1) lack of financial aid; (2) a prosperous economy; (3) a less promising job…

Results of research on predictors of organizational responses to declining enrollments at 56 small to medium-sized colleges and universities are discussed. Decline was experienced from 1978-1979 to 1981-1982. Severity of decline was selected as an objective predictor of organizational response, while internal agreement on mission and attributions…

A discussion is presented on the problem of declining minority enrollment in higher education, and in particular, teacher education. Poverty is cited as a major factor in decreasing college attendance on the part of minority students. The pressure to raise admission standards and the use of the National Teacher Examiniation to determine whether a…

This analysis of 1984-85 enrollments in the California community colleges begins with a summary of major trends, indicating that: (1) for the third consecutive year, community college fall enrollment has decreased from the peak recorded in fall 1981, with a cumulative 3-year decline of nearly one-fifth; (2) the decline appears to be due to several…

Preliminary results of a three-year study of fifteen school districts indicate that fiscal strain results from both "intended" and "unintended" factors. The authors construct a model of fiscal strain that combines budget constraints with school district decision-makers' preference functions and indifference curves. Using this model and 1976 and…

Kentucky is one of the many states in which enrollment has declined since 1971. This study gathered data on the previous decline and then projected state enrollment up to 1981-82. The cohort-survival technique was used in projections. Numbers of live births and survival ratios were supplied by the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Survival ratios…

Intending to provide school administrators with technical information to assist in preparing student enrollment projections and techniques in analyzing projections, this paper explores the state of the art, major factors affecting school populations, and the Cohort Survival Ratio Method. The authors caution that there are no absolutely reliable…

Declining enrollments in aerospace teacher workshops suggest the need for evaluation and cost effectiveness measurements. A major purpose of this article is to illustrate some typical evaluation methodologies, including the semantic differential. (MA)

Between 1970 and 1976, the rates of college attendance increased for Black men and for women of all races; White males were the only significant group to register a decline. Reasons for this drop are suggested, including a decline in general academic capabilities of high school graduates. (LBH)

To be fully responsive to principals' needs in the current period of decline and retrenchment, inservice education should provide school leaders the opportunity to confront and alter obsolete assumptions about effective leadership. (Author)

Problems posed by abrupt transition to a steady state following rapid expansion in Australian universities are reviewed. Focus is on demography of departments, new developments in academic disciplines, tenure, and early retirement. (LBH)

Enrollment declines that have led to the closing of hundreds of elementary schools over the last eight years have now hit the country's high schools. Discusses findings released by the National Center for Education Statistics. (Author/RK)

The study assessed intra-school factors that seemed to be related to the sharp enrollment decline in French-language classes in southwestern Manitoba. Questionnaires were distributed to all French-language teachers and principals in 78 elementary and secondary schools in 14 school divisions and school districts. It was found that a high proportion…

If the urban, independent university is to survive, it must recognize the impending enrollment decline and emphasize academic excellence and programs that are rooted in the urban community. (IRT)

Two aging structures were replaced by Central High School in an Indiana steel town. Planning, board and administrator support, and community involvement eased negative attitudes toward the high school closures and resulted in a $36 million school that has unified the city and will serve it for over 50 years. (MLF)