A questionnaire surveying a 5 percent sample of Ontario's schools attempted to evaluate how declining enrollment is affecting principals and vice-principals in their relationships with staff, students, community, colleagues, trustees, and superiors, as well as in their personal lives. Analysis of the data reveals that there is generally more…

A review of the property tax system of financing education in Ontario provides historical background for the consideration of alternative approaches to reform. The problem of declining enrollment lends a sense of immediacy to the discussion. The present system of finance is found to be unsatisfactory because of inequities in property assessment…

With the basic assumption that reduction in force is inevitable, this paper discusses the legal ramifications as well as an orderly procedure for implementing reduction in force. Recent litigation with regard to reduction in force action falls in the broad categories of constitutional questions, statutory law, and contract provisions.…

In this paper a review of the Wisconsin declining enrollment trend is presented and implications are noted for Wisconsin districts involved in school closing efforts. The author suggests that districts can best meet the challenge of declining enrollment by considering local enrollment projections, taking a facilities and program inventory,…

The development of a staff flexibility index at Glassboro State College is presented. It was an outgrowth of retrenchment problems for tenured faculty. Institutional flexibility was defined as the continuing ability of the institution to implement new or modify existing programs, employing a rationale that sees the ability to employ new faculty or…

In a discussion of the crisis in graduate education in the sciences and engineering, focus is on factors that threaten American capability to produce world-class science in universities. While finances play a part, the causes are basically structural--the rigidity of university faculties, stemming from a significant expansion in tenured positions,…

The Center for the Study of Community Colleges has been studying humanities in community colleges nationwide. Surveys and site visits have been made to determine what factors are influencing the decline in humanities enrollments and what can be done to alter the trend. Humanities faculty surveys revealed a surprising lack of support of the…

This document analyzes the nature and magnitude of enrollment declines that are projected for British Columbia school districts and discusses the implications of reduced enrollment for policy and practice at both provincial and school district levels. In presenting the implications of enrollment decline, the report deals with enrollment…

Data are presented on four important aspects of the St. Louis education system's professional employee situation: (1) the pattern of movement from one part of the metropolitan area to another; (2) the survival behavior among the area's certified personnel; (3) the shift of personnel towards positions in administration as opposed to teaching; and…

Declining enrollment means that school districts must engage in thoughtful, thorough planning to cope with this trend, according to the author. His paper outlines a process for school closing, including ways to involve the community in the decision-making process, thereby reducing the likelihood of community conflict and preserving the school…

Black and minority recruitment efforts, admissions policy in social education programs, and black content within educational programs are discussed in this paper of black professional education in human services. Statistical data are presented that show a decline in black enrollment in social work education programs indicating a need for increased…

This paper examines the phenomenon of declining school enrollments from the viewpoint of the school district superintendent and discusses what steps the superintendent should take to cope with the problem. The author devotes much of his attention to the process of closing schools; he outlines specific strategies the board of education and…

This report describes how a New York school district took advantage of a decline in elementary school enrollment to restructure the district's educational program, reduce staff requirements, and eliminate double shifting at the district's junior high and high school. The district's plan involved closing one of the three elementary schools and…

At present, there are no viable models of organizations in decline; all sociological and economic theories deal with growing, expanding organizations. However, as the statistical data from Illinois school districts indicate, declining enrollment and reduction in force are pressing problems. This statistical analysis contains data on population,…

The authors of this report argue that state boards of education must play an active part in assisting local districts with planning for enrollment decline. The authors review statistical data showing that enrollment decline in big city schools is generally worse than in other areas. State boards must be prepared to help districts that stand to…