In 5 chapters, 3 tables, and 43 figures, the authors describe national educational trends from 1970 to 1980 and project trends to 1990-91. This edition of "Projections" is the first one to be published in two volumes, to include a separate chapter on the demographics underlying the projections, and to omit projections of degrees by field of study.…

This methodological report describes in five chapters the techniques and assumptions that underlie and greatly influence the projections shown in the first volume of "Projections of Education Statistics to 1990-91." Chapter 1 describes the general methodology and assumptions used to produce the projections in Volume I. Chapters 2 through 5 provide…