If universities are to deal with the problems of declining enrollment and funding, they must combine both political and economic considerations, placing more responsibility on the administrators who now have to decide not only what to do but how to do it. (MLW)

Enrollments, it is suggested, have not dropped, in part because the decline in the total pool from which colleges enroll their students has been compensated for by increased enrollments of older students. (MLW)

Examines the role of the counselor in higher education in light of decreases in student enrollment. Discusses some of the changing roles and responsibilities of counselors and explores the counselors' transferable skills to administrative roles. (LLL)

In 1977, Jefferson Community College of the University of Kentucky faced an 11 percent drop in enrollment. Strategies that were successful in reversing declining enrollment and in developing faculty and staff involvement in a creative problem-solving process are described. (Author/MLW)

The expected rise in enrollment may be just a 10-year window of growth, followed by another period of decline. Changes will occur in the manner that technical and vocational courses are taught. The emphasis on light industry and electronics will require new instructional areas including "clean rooms." (MLF)

How three business education teachers coped with declining enrollments by introducing the new shorthand system, Century 21, to their students. (HD)

This report addresses program enrollment in the Florida Community College System (FCCS), focusing on possible reasons for and solutions to the decline in community college enrollment. The FCCS produced a set of enrollment headcount projections in mid-1997 that indicated that the system would be serving 330,000 credit students by fall 1999.…

Surveyed graduate schools to determine the status of graduate admissions practices comtemplated or in effect and to identify how enrollment problems are handled. Results showed a decline in graduate enrollment over the past five years, caused by the national economy, decreases in available students, and loss of grant money. (JAC)

Three experiences are presented: how a school library developed as an Independent Learning Activity Center, how Chicago principals find time for instructional supervision, and how parents, administrators, and a school board found a way to close schools in a positive atmosphere. (MD)

Looks at what some communities faced with declining enrollment have done to solve the problem of excess school space. (MLF)

In the first of two articles, the author examines the effects of abundance on the American character, the role of the schools in a society of abundance, and the chilling effect of declining resources on both society and schools. (Author)

The factors that influence the size and makeup of the applicant pool for dental education are identified: costs, predental education, demographic trends, resistance from the profession, and higher education trends. The decrease in the applicant pool and what dental schools might do to offset the effects are discussed. (MLW)

The author points out two of the problems involved in merging two schools: determining which buildings to close and melding the two staffs, who may have different philosophies and procedures. She also notes that these mergers present opportunities for reorganizing space, rethinking curriculum, and gaining access to additional resources. (SJL)

Closing small schools because of declining enrollment could be avoided by implementing a new organizational structure in which a cluster of small schools would function under one administrative director. Excess space could be shared with the community. (MLF)

Models of regulatory policy based on industrial organization theory can be applied to governmental coordination in higher education. They show that the relationship between costs and enrollment depends on student demand. When demand is stable or decreasing, governments should promote competition and keep costs down by reducing regulation. (RW)