Describes a study conducted to determine the accuracy of the Cohort-Survival Method of Enrollment Forecasting, based on enrollment data collected over a ten-year period from a random sample of 42 Missouri school districts. Compares forecast accuracy with the enrollment stability and location of each of the districts. (JP)

Likely enrollment trends in the near future may forecast difficulties for institutions, and for current and prospective faculty, but students will seldom, if ever, have it so good on campus. Institutions will be primed to serve student needs better than ever before. (MSE)

The relationship between demographic changes, higher education enrollment trends, and college-age participation in higher education is discussed. Factors influencing educational demand in 1960-78 and means of measuring participation rates are examined. Enrollment trends until 1996 are discussed. (MSE)

Declining enrollment and the impact of Proposition 13 are discussed in regard to retrenchment and retention rates. It is suggested that higher education establish meaningful communication and affirmative programming to lessen the effects of retrenchment and cut-backs. (Author/LC)

Higher education enrollment is seen as declining during the next 15 years. The decision to struggle on or close down must rest with governing boards or legislators. They must take the responsibility for their institutions and at the same time provide the best education for the greatest number of students. (MLW)

The mobility patterns of teachers in one large urban school district are examined for the period from 1965 to 1974, using logic analysis. Teacher seniority and changes in student enrollments are much more important in explaining transfers and terminations in the 1970s than in the 1960s. (Author)

From his broad experiences in the field of education, the author discusses the role of the professor of educational administration, stressing the position's importance as a link between the scholarly disciplines and the field of practice. (Author/WD)

In the past, physical educators and coaches have been too superficial and lax in their professional efforts. Teachers in the disciplines of physical education and sports need to develop identifiable, consistent educational philosophies. (JN)

This paper describes how one school district grappled with the problem of deciding which of its schools should be closed. Also discussed is how predictive data from a computer simulation of school closings were used in making the decision. (Author/EB)

The major purpose of this study was to identify which of 16 socioeconomic variables discriminated most effectively between districts with declining enrollments and districts with rising enrollments among public elementary and secondary schools in Tennessee. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the important challenges facing high school chemistry teachers in the 1980s. Topics include increasing the enrollment of non-science-oriented students in high school chemistry courses and teaching the Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chemistry (IAC) program to college-bound general students. (BT)

National, regional, and institutional trends projected by several researchers are discussed. In spite of the wide range of predictions and possibilities about future enrollment trends, the majority of the forecasters take a moderate view of the future growth. (Author/MLW)

Factors associated with state school finance court cases that are most pressing in an urban environment are how the fiscal capacity of a school district is determined, the greater concentration of students with a need for more costly programs, and the high costs of providing services in urban districts. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the implications on public education of declining enrollment, one-parent families, and working mothers. (MLF)

Forces affecting declining enrollments in schools, colleges of education, and special education are traced, and factors which may offset the declines in special educaton preservice enrollments are identified. The importance of upgrading competencies of special education teachers certified through marginal programs is emphasized. (CL)