This report was intended to determine how the Albuquerque Public Schools will be affected by reduced enrollment and to provide a choice of positive steps for smoothing the adaptation of school operations. Concerns are outlined with regard to continued student population decline, staffing imbalances, continued inflation, and the anticipated…

By allowing permanent, part-time work and by creating positions for job sharers, school districts can redistribute available positions among current employees without reducing their numbers. Available from: Capla Associates, 18 Overlook Avenue, Rochelle Park, New Jersey 07662. (Author)

A case study by the facility planner of the Duval County School District in Jacksonville, Florida, illustrates the challenges faced by public education and emphasizes the opportunities for growth. (Author/MLF)

Factors related to the decline in applications for medical school include costs of medical education, student's desire to begin earning money quickly, publicity about the high cost of malpractice insurance and the increasingly bureaucratic nature of the medical professions, and the perception that there is a continuing overabundance of doctors.…

Rational and political theories of education budgeting are critiqued using comparative field data on the management of declining resources in 10 urban school systems. A new rational theory is introduced that explains events in these cities; restructures rational theory; and incorporates political, economic, and administrative concepts. Included…

The principal result of the efforts to turn an enrollment decline around in agricultural programs has been a loss of identity. Focusing less on undergraduates and becoming smaller, primarily graduate institutions may be the only way to ensure that agricultural colleges remain to any significant extent agricultural. (MLW)

Examines public education in the United States in the 1930s and 1980s and argues that the latter decade presents educators with a much greater crisis. Demonstrates the degree to which schooling is embedded in the habits and patterns of our national life. (JOW)

Four problems in higher education are identified: hardening curriculum, graying faculty, shrinking budget, and disappearing students. Team teaching is suggested as one solution. A conceptual framework for types of team teaching is presented and practical suggestions to those who want to work within that framework are provided. (Author/MLW)

A six-step plan that helps manage school decline is presented. (DCS)

Examples from some of the successful major techniques to use vacant spaces for special programs and services that will benefit students and the community. (Author/MLF)

College and university teacher education programs confronted with declining enrollments and budgetary restrictions, should consider the strategies of refocusing, renewing, or reducing to maintain quality programs, including redirection of program foci and faculty activities, faculty retraining, and elimination of marginal programs. (Author/RC)

School closings can be made more acceptable to a community if a long-range plan for dealing with declining enrollments is developed that includes a statement of goals, process, criteria, and efforts to include public information and interaction. (Author/MLF)

The author discusses changes in the role and organizational structures of high school and college seminaries which are being brought about by declining enrollments and rising expenses. (SJL)

Presents a model for sharing resources and services between small schools; the model is currently being utilized in four small school districts in the midwestern United States. (Author/WD)

A rationale is presented for allowing community and neighborhood organizations to use vacant elementary classrooms during the regular school day for such purposes as adult classes, office space, and meetings. Several existing programs are mentioned and potential benefits and problem areas noted. (SJL)