The design and development of an enrollment management database at the State University of New York College at Oswego are described. A basic premise is that the concept of enrollment management has begun to replace the traditional admissions model. Enrollment management helps the college identify existing and potential markets; determine resource…

A number of new legislative mandates placed on Texas public schools has had the effect of requiring extensive school facility construction and alterations. The Interim Committee, established by the Texas Senate, enlisted the services of the Center for Policy Studies and Research in Elementary and Secondary Education at East Texas State University…

Critical issues facing higher education in New York State are examined in detail in this second volume of the 1984 Regents plan for postsecondary education. Included is substantive information relating to the Regents' proposals and recommendations. The critical issues are grouped under six headings: access, excellence, employment and economic…

The research reported in this volume covers a range of topics dealing with shifting and declining enrollments and their impact on the financing, organization, and management of schools. The papers have been sorted into three groups. Section 1 discusses the demographic background to changing enrollment patterns. Section 2 presents the view from the…

Enrollment projections for the 1980's need to be based on at least seven variables; the size of the 18-to-24-year-old cohort; the rate of participation of that cohort; the rate of participation of nontraditional students; the full-time/part-time ratio of participation; the division of participants among public, private, and proprietary…

This report presents Gateway Technical Institute's long-range plan for 1982-1987. After prefatory material discussing financial and non-financial factors that may impinge on the plan, Chapter I outlines the socioeconomic situation in the three-county area of Wisconsin served by the college and introduces some of the critical issues that the…

This paper presents the views of a Minnesota State educational administrator policy. Issues discussed include: (1) Federal and State regulations; (2) enrollment projections; (3) collective bargaining procedures; (4) local school district autonomy; (5) the influx of Asian and Spanish speaking minorities into the State; (6) the distribution of…

The use of many public school facilities now closed due to declining enrollment could generate substantial savings for new federal construction projects. Responses to a questionnaire sent to all 50 states by the General Accounting Office (GAO) show that there were 2,493 vacant schools in 19 of the 23 responding states at the beginning of the…

Doctoral enrollment and graduation patterns at Canadian universities during the 1970s and projections for the 1980s are presented. Attention is directed to full-time and part-time doctoral enrollment by eight fields of study, and 26 disciplines are examined for the 10-year period of 1970-71 to 1979-80. Breakdowns by region and by selected…

Deans and directors of continuing education programs were surveyed to determine continuing education enrollments, staffing, and program emphases. The study objective was to assess the extent to which continuing education programs may provide new sources of professional challenge for traditional faculty. In 1979, 125 deans and program directors…

Provided are statistical projections for elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education. The statistics include enrollments, high school graduates, teachers, expenditures of educational institutions, and charges to students of institutions of higher education. These projections supersede those shown in the 1985-1986 edition.…

The model described in this manual is intended to assist national planners and others concerned with the allocation of resources in developing nations in arriving at informed decisions regarding national or regional educational activities. The focus of the model is on projecting yearly capital, recurrent, and total expenditures for national…

This textbook, prepared for a course entitled The Planning of Higher Education: The Private Demand, and offered by the Open University of Great Britain, is divided into four sections. In Section I the course is introduced and summaries of the various units are presented. In Section II, Forecasting the Private Demand for Education, definitions of…

The 1978-1986 Educational Master Plan for Northern Virginia Community College is divided into four major sections. The first covers the mission, history, development, formal organization, and program, operational, and educational impact goals of the college. The second section examines the demography and economy of the district service area;…

Enrollment projections for use in long-range planning for Texas higher education have been updated through the use of alternative methodologies to realistically reflect changing patterns of college enrollment among various age groups and geographic areas of the state. The new forecast predicts an overall gain of l6.9 percent in the state's…