"EnrollForecast for Excel" will generate a 5-year forecast of K-12 student enrollment. It will also work for any combination of grades between kindergarten and twelth. The forecasts can be printed as either a table or a graph. The user must provide birth history (only if forecasting kindergarten) and enrollment history information. The user also…

This study was primarily an investigation of the status of health services in public community colleges in the United States. (Author/RK)

The greatest asset of American higher education is that a multiplicity of admissions policies are encouraged. (IR)

Analysis of demographic trends suggests that, despite a recent rise in numbers of births, total school enrollment in North Carolina may continue to decline into the 1990s. (Author/MLF)

Higher education in the 1980s and the early 1990s will change as a result of reductions in the number of Americans reaching the traditional college enrollment age. In order to survive in the coming decades, many colleges and universities are making an effort to appeal to segments of the population that are not within the traditional age range. (JN)

Reliance on enrollment trend models for revenue projections has led to a scenario of alternating overbudgeted and underbudgeted years. A study of a large, public university indicates that time series analysis should be used instead to anticipate the orderly seasonal and cyclical patterns that are visible in a period of moderate trend growth.…

Without additional public support, the 1500 private colleges and universities in America will drop to 170 in the next 30 years, according to a forecast by Donald A. Pyke, coordinator of academic planning, University of Southern California. (Author)

According to new projections, demand for elementary school teachers will increase in the 1980s while that for secondary school teachers will fall. (JOW)

To what can we attribute the fall in the demand for higher education? What factors influence demand and how can they be identified? What, in fact, determines the decisions 16-18 year old pupils make about higher education? (Editor)

A college marketing model consisting of several strategies and contingency plans for decision-making under difficult conditions is outlined. The plan provides for orderly transition from one marketing stage to the next logical stage, allowing some control over both internal and external environments, and providing insight into the delicate…

Presents national data on elementary and secondary schools and degree-granting institutions, including projections to the year 2012. Also includes state-level projections of public school enrollment and public high school graduates. (SLD)

Describes Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools' development of a model to forecast enrollment growth. Recommendations include studying local demographics, seeking clues to future development, examining the age of neighborhoods, adding up rental property, and developing strong professional relationships with city planners, real estate…

Using data from a survey of private schools in California, this article concludes that a proposed large-scale voucher program would not significantly affect public school enrollment. Limited transportation, academic qualifications, socioeconomic status, and English proficiency will affect private school access. Only 1-5% of California's public…

Describes Sandia National Laboratories' wide-ranging analysis of local, state, and national education systems. On most measures (dropout and retention rates, standardized test scores, higher education enrollment, education spending, international comparisons, educator status, and work-force skills), lab found steady or slight improvement. Schools…