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…

The U.S. Department of Education's "back to the basics" thrust of the 1980s took a terrible toll on enrollments for those teaching in the "practical arts." So, in the face of declining enrollments, angry employers wanting more program graduates, and a concerned advisory council, technology teachers must go on television and express their…

Certain higher-education institutions are at risk in 2007 and beyond, according to Moody's Investors Service, which gauges colleges' financial health. They include small private colleges with limited geographic draw, colleges with ambitious spending plans to improve their national reputations, and regional public universities that face heavy…

Declining enrollment presents educational planners with a new challenge. The prospects of consolidation and reductions require the use of the most effective technical planning procedures available to facilitate effective decisionmaking. (Author)

Enrollments will continue to decline in the foreseeable future and schools will continue to close. Armed with such long-range planning strategies as a developed master plan, clearly specified goals for school closings, an established process, acceptable and quantifiable criteria for selecting schools to be closed, and the involvement of an…

This annotated bibliography of 59 books and 92 articles covers two years of Canadian and American literature dealing with declining enrollment. It is a selective list in that the major emphasis has been placed on the implications and repercussions of this trend, although some of the major works dealing with the statistical aspect of the subject…

This paper discusses the present enrollment decline in public schools and its implications for students, teachers, administrators, curriculum, community, and especially school facilities. One problem of declining enrollment is that the average age and years of experience of staff personnel has tended to rise, creating a predominantly white,…

Declining enrollment almost inevitably means reduction in force--specifically, in the number of teachers. The author of this paper maintains that this process need not be as traumatic as some think. He suggests basing teaching personnel needs on midyear enrollment projections, rather than on first-of-the-year projections, since the number of…

Two consultants and superintendents from Livonia (Michigan), New Orleans, Salt Lake City, and Seattle discuss the impact of declining enrollments on the schools and some of the actions school districts are taking to cope with the decline. (IRT)

A panel made up of a school superintendent, a school board member, a news editor, and a foundation president discussed with workshop participants the impact and results of enrollment decline on one large urban area. (Author/MLF)