Suggests that school music educators might meet the challenge of declining enrollment by cooperating with other community agencies to offer lifelong music education to adults. This article is part of a theme issue on the crisis in music education. (SJL)

Examines the decline in student enrollment in news-editorial studies. Argues against the misconception that jobs in the news-editorial field are hard to find and low paying. (RL)

Discusses the competition between four-year institutions and community colleges for a dwindling number of students, and describes a Total Marketing Concept (TMC) with which community colleges can maintain their share of the educational market. Relates the experiences of four colleges using this concept. (JP)

Discusses problems which currently beset many college history departments (declining enrollments, cost-conscious administrators, curriculum problems) and explains how college-level history instructors can implement innovative curriculum changes. In addition, a course on historical processes is described. Journal available from Loren E. Pennington,…

It is hoped that an attitude of gloom and decline is not allowed to pervade higher education. Trustees, regents, and governors of institutions are encouraged to press for energetic initiatives and intelligent change, with maximum foresight. It is important that human talent be fully used. (MSE)

The author explores a number of issues which he feels will affect English schools, particularly comprehensive secondary schools, in the 1980s: standards (mixed ability teaching, testing, articulation); declining enrollment; parent/community participation in school governance; and external social change. Related trends in Europe and the United…

Points to American incompetence in foreign languages and international affairs and to the need for institutional support of departmental efforts to correct such shortcomings. Describes campus governance at the State University of New York at Stony Brook as a promising model affording language departments' participation in the decision-making…

Some perceived losses by academic institutions are discussed including: cynicism pervading the academic community; faculty difficulties in tight job markets; homogenizing and lack of character of campuses; splintered interests of academic specialization; and enrollment projections. (MLW)

Methods of enrichment, grouping, and acceleration are suggested for dealing with gifted and talented students during periods of declining enrollment. The importance of planning program development is stressed. (CL)

Describes the benefits derived by the University of Alabama at a time of declining enrollment from offering the Goethe Institute exam for the "Certificate in German as a Foreign Language." Also mentions other innovations introduced by the German department: an intensive first year course and a German House on campus. (MES)

Explains Project Simu-school, a computer program that can predict enrollment, needed buildings and programs, and anticipated costs. (JM)

Various approaches to planning for retrenchment in higher education are summarized. Planning and research are viewed as crucial components in dealing with declining enrollments, maintaining quality education, and preventing unanticipated circumstances from affecting the institution in the future. (Author/SF)

Suggests interdepartmental unity as a remedy for declining enrollment, low morale, and other modern problems of the liberal arts profession. (AM)

Recounts the mandate and activities of a commission established in Ontario to determine why school enrollments were declining. Topics discussed include the organizational structure of the commission, areas identified by the commission for investigation (demography, finance, school plants, curriculum), and issues identified by the commission for…

This report gives the results of a 1977 survey of foreign language registrations in colleges and universitites in the United States carried out by the Modern Language Association. (CFM)