In the face of declining college enrollment and increased budget cuts, the speech communication department at the University of Nebraska devised a successful strategy to preserve and promote itself within the university. Outside authorities were selected for a department review committee. At the graduate level, the areas of concentration were…

Reports regarding enrollment in high school physics show that the number of students enrolled in physics increased until the late 1960's but the percentage enrollment in high school physics has dropped almost continuously. Some reasons for this are that physics courses are generally thought of as college preparatory curriculum and are sometimes…

Professors of rhetoric are viewing with concern the prospect of 15 years of declining enrollment in higher education. It has been speculated that the decline in enrollment will be less severe in large, well-established, urban institutions with low tuition, a clear mission or well-defined public image, well-planned modest growth, established…

Computerized analysis of current statistical data and projected declining enrollments in Metropolitan Toronto show that the decrease in staffing requirements over the next ten years will increase the average salary of teachers in uninflated dollars mainly through the increase in teachers' average experience. Boards with lower than average teaching…

Previous increases in the costs of Canadian education were easily explained by rising enrollments. In an era of declining enrollments, increased costs are much more difficult to explain. One reason for increased costs is the large proportion of Canadian student population concentrated in high schools where programs are more expensive than at other…

This report examines the extent of and reasons why teaching and nonteaching professionals in the Cook County suburban public schools have been released from their responsibilities for the 1976-77 school year. The report is based on a survey of every elementary and secondary school district in suburban Cook County requesting data on dismissal…

The author describes the proposed closure, which parents are attempting to prevent, of a small neighborhood school. Their argument is that parental involvement is the most significant single factor of success in school. (KC)

Declining enrollment and changing attitudes toward higher education pose problems for schools of education and call for reorganization and broader programs offered by these institutions. (JD)

Workshop conferees looked at alternative organizations for planning, the place of planning in the decision making process, major social impacts that must be included in the planning process, the identity of planning agents, technical support needed by planners, and improved project planning. (Author/MLF)

"White flight" from desegregated schools is most likely to occur in city districts with a high proportion of minority students surrounded by largely white suburbs. Enrollment data from 1956 to 1974 for the Kansas City, Missouri Public Schools indicates that white enrollment decline tended to accelerate in schools with many black students…

Discusses state-level budgeting issues related to financing higher education, including the relationship of budgeting to policy planning at the state level, state-level resource allocation among institutions, and needed changes in state budgeting procedures to cope with fluctuating enrollment over the next decade. (JG)

Because of a general decline in enrollment in schools of social work in recent years, student recruitment has grown in importance. Based on a survey of 100 bachelor's of social work programs (46 percent response rate), this article explores recruitment issues for both graduate and undergraduate programs and proposes a model recruitment effort.…

Most public institutions of higher education structure enrollment policy around the belief that higher education enrollments mean greater state appropriations. A study that found that added enrollments commonly reflected a net financial loss in appropriations per student for public institutions is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Administrators must focus on the long-term effects of resource decline and identify a strategy to promote renewal and prevent stagnation. Redefinition of mission, rethinking models, reintegration of organizational processes, revitalizing members, reparations, recuperation and repatriation, and recommitment are discussed. (MLW)

Changes in the composition of colleges and universities during the 1970s and the changes in the subpopulation of institutions with a high commitment to liberal arts education were studied. The effect these changes had on the diversity of the population and subpopulation is described. (MLW)