Attainment of fiscal stability in the 1980s at the expense of providing adequate resources for plant maintenance, it is suggested, must be avoided by introducing facility management programs anticipating rather than reacting to change. Plant utilization, maintenance, and modernization are seen as requiring continuing attention. (Author/MLW)

Discussed are the problems presented by declining enrollment; the effects on teachers; the management of curriculum; implications for inservice education; and the need for increased expenditures per student in smaller schools. (KC)

Basing their remarks on the final report of the Curriculum Task Force of the Commission on Declining Enrollments in Ontario (CODE), the authors present projections of enrollment decline on Ontario's curriculum policy and summarize a number of the task force recommendations to the Ontario government. (Author/MLF)

There is a distinct possibility, it is suggested, that American higher education will experience a price war in the coming period. The recent growth in awards of financial aid based on "merit" may be viewed as either its precursor, or its prologue, or its early major phase. (MLW)

In conjunction with declining enrollment and the call for accountability, several developments have occurred which are stress producing among higher education faculty. These include: (1) mandated student evaluations; (2) stringent guidelines for promotion; (3) increased fear of dismissal; (4) inadequate salary increases; and (5) growing apathy…

Discusses the steadily declining enrollment in classical languages programs at college level and explores ways of making curricula more viable. Describes alternatives based on the introduction of a single-subject scheme in classical studies and debates the pros and cons of reading the classics in translation. (MES)

This article discusses the impact that declining school enrollments have had on changes in school politics. (EB)

Five possible scenarios for the future of graduate programs in the humanities are explored based on the economic realities of increasing costs, declining enrollments, employment trends for faculty, competition for scarce resources, and cooperation among various programs. (JMF)

The nature and form of useful management information in a variety of situations is discussed. It is suggested that questions posed by managers may determine the effectiveness of the management information system. Questions concerning demographic trends and enrollment declines are used to illustrate this point. (SF)

Discusses reasons for the existence of multilevel foreign language classes and methods of coping with the problems they present, including independent study, rotating levels, and split-period approaches. (JB)

Previous studies are reviewed and new data are reported that document a decline in the percentage of American medical graduates choosing psychiatric careers. Available data indicate that further decrements will occur. Possible explanations and strategies for future research are outlined. (Author/JMD)

"Organized anarchies" is how Michael Cohen and James March have described American universities. The lack of rational-deductive organizational characteristics in higher education has encouraged it to be "playful" in a way that is "sensibly foolish." Budgetary pressures will force universities to become more…

Five characteristics of secondary and higher education affecting educational measurement in the future are discussed. The five are the basic skills movement, the increasing diversity of students, the influence of external forces on higher education, the trend toward declining enrollments, and the relatively fixed nature of curricula. (PHR)

Brief notes on design processes in general, and the way they may be applied to the problem of under-used school buildings. (Author/MLF)

The merger of an innovative private college (New College of Sarasota) into a state institution is described. The instruction contract, innovative approach, and academic quality has been maintained, but the number of students in off-campus programs has declined. Reasons for the decline are discussed. (Author/LBH)