The prospect of declining enrollments challenges those in higher education to plan creatively for the future. For illustrative purposes, the concerns of mental health, aging, and criminal justice are related to higher education and examined in terms of four primary planning variables: programs, people, facilities, and funding. (JMD)

With the prospect of fewer students and diminished tuition receipts, many universities will be unable to honor their contracts with tenured faculty. The author presents an ordered plan for dealing with faculty terminations at a time of "financial exigency." (Editor)

Aspects of decline that affect architecture--enrollment, resources, facility condition, funding, the educator's role, and the architect's role--were discussed by workshop participants. Specific solutions included building conversion, master plans, an energy bond referendum, and a regional school concept. (Author/MLF)

Panel members discussed voting trends, declining enrollment, success of bond issues, school closing, and a summary of NIE's research on declining enrollment. Workshop members participated in discussing the issues. (Author/MLF)

Negative and positive developments in the Latin curriculum in American public schools and developments in England are discussed. Declining enrollment trends, the emplementation of elementary school Latin classes in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, and diversification of the secondary school classics curriculum are some of the topics addressed.…

Lobbyists should be paid to stimulate greater government and business interest in foreign language enrollment trends. A nationwide radio and television campaign should be launched to inform the American public of the value of learning a foreign language. (SW)

Two suggestions are offered for alleviating the apparent stagnation of departments in Australian universities: a higher proportion of limited term appointments, and interchange of staff between universities and other agencies. Implications for recruitment and promotion are discussed. (LBH)

Finding themselves suddenly in a highly competitive business, college and university managers must develop novel strategies. Considered are ways in which they can avert financial ruin while preserving the images of their institutions. Available from: Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., 345 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022. (Author/LBH)

In times of declining enrollments and rising costs, small colleges suffer more than larger institutions. Managerial ingenuity, backed by budgetary discipline, can keep them solvent. For journal availability see HE 509 330. (Author/LBH)

Declining public fiscal support and declining student enrollment require community colleges to re-examine their multiple roles and consider specializing in an area of strength, such as career, transfer, pre-professional, or middle college programs. A pluralistic approach by each college preserves the optimum opportunity for survival of the…

In the fall of 1985, Goshen College needed an immediate turnaround in enrollment and a long-range strategic marketing plan. To accomplish these goals they needed to get faculty involved; 10 steps to begin are provided. (MLW)

A number of cases have been litigated challenging the basic administrative right of a board of education to close a school. The suits are discussed based on the nature of the challenge against the school board. (MLF)

Describes a Pennsylvania county school district's efforts to restore summer school despite budget restrictions and declining enrollments by combining forces with 14 other schools. Five local superintendents developed a plan for a countywide remedial program charging students $60 tuition for each 2-hour course taken. (MLH)

When Southern Nazarene University enrollment decreased by 9 percent between 1984 and 1985, a select committee was charged with studying every part of institutional life to make recommendations that would result in budget reduction. Eight professors received notice of dismissal. (MLW)

This paper is a quantitative assessment of the argument that enrollment declines have contributed to increases in per pupil expenditures in public education. It analyzes changes in resource levels per pupil in Michigan from 1970 to 1980 and the extent to which they are related to changes in enrollment. (TE)