The feasibility and potential relevance of comprehensive planning models for postsecondary education are examined, focusing on the two most widely discussed models of this type: (1) the Postsecondary Education Financing Model (PEFM) of the National Commission on the Financing of Postsecondary Education, and (2) the Federal Planning Model (FPM) of…

Examines universities' present and future role in graduate education and research in light of shifts in doctorate demand and in the level and composition of research support. (Editor/PG)

Pointing out that "trend-demographic" enrollment projections ignore important economic considerations (supply and demand), the author uses a model of educational adaptation, which focuses on the educational characteristics of the active adult population and the wage of educated relative to uneducated labor, to make projections that are compared…

Deterioration in the competence of both students and faculty members constitutes a threat to effectiveness as higher education is caught is a period of contraction and limited expansion. (Author/LBH)

The magnitude of the economic costs associated with the presence of foreign students in U.S. higher education and to what degree these costs are subsidized and by whom are discussed to help develop an appreciation for the rich, complex, and changing context of the U.S. higher education system. Five sections are: (1) foreign students and the…