Discusses Judith Hackman's article (published in "Administrative Science Quarterly," in March 1985) theorizing about how colleges and universities allocate resources among units--an important issue in an ongoing era of budget cuts and resource reallocations. Affirms the importance of departmental centrality in resource allocation and…

Clarifies the meaning of organizational decline by delimiting it from related constructs (turbulence, stagnation, and environmental decline). Investigates certain organizational attributes associated with turbulence and decline in 334 higher education institutions over a six-year period. Results suggest that organizational attributes associated…

This paper decribes the case survey method as a technique to overcome data collection problems and lack of integration of case studies. It outlines the roots of the method, distinguishes it from meta-analysis, describes the process with illustrations from an enrollment decline study, and analyzes its strengths and limitations. (BW)

Discusses reasons for and solutions to declining enrollment in college history courses. Suggests that instructors be aware of the mental diversity of students and involve them in what is going on in the profession. Methods include trips, speakers, a newsletter, festivals, and research. Specific topics for medieval history are presented. (KC)

Facing declining enrollment, higher education must try to find a new clientele while resisting the temptation to cater to the distorted set of national priorities currently being sold the American public by well-organized and economically powerful but short-sighted special interest groups. (Author/PGD)

Gives advice on how to break up an existing elementary school library closed because of declining enrollments. Items covered are: preparing for the closing, procedures to follow, problems encountered, reprocessing materials, and lessons learned. (LLS)

Examines the effects of declining financial support and enrollments, pressures for accountability and community participation, and other social demands on the schools in England and Wales. (Author/IRT)

A number of colleges and universities have been highly successful in developing adult programs that benefit both the student and the institution. However, differences exist between adult programs and programs for traditional undergraduates. (Author/MLF)

A Pennsylvania school district is currently exploring the possibility of converting and selling or leasing an ultramodern school because of declining enrollment and the cost of energy. (Author/MLF)

Decremental planning is synonymous with the management of decline. (Author/IRT)

Examines historical, political, economic, and social reasons for a trend to reinvent the traditional Ph.D. (rather than develop professional doctorates), by focusing on the case of the Doctor of Education (EdD) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Explores reasons for its enrollment decline as opposed to…

This paper uses multiple data sources and a unified methodology to estimate the trends and levels of the U.S. high school graduation rate. Correcting for important biases that plague previous calculations, we establish that (1) the true high school graduation rate is substantially lower than the official rate issued by the National Center for…

This study used a mailed questionnaire to examine the academic experiences of 497 international graduate students who were studying at an American university. Most students viewed their academic experience positively, although a majority did not believe the curriculum had an international focus. Fully 77% felt prepared to work in their home…

The Australian Government has stressed the important role universities play in producing knowledge workers to service the needs of the technology-driven "new economy". The massification of Australian higher education from 1989 rapidly increased the stock of university-educated people in all disciplines. Although university science…

The introduction of web-based education in Canadian schools, as in other developed countries, has been particularly noticeable in rural areas. Small schools in rural communities have continued to get smaller as families relocate in urban areas in search of increased educational and vocational opportunities. There are a number of issues common to…