With declining enrollments and a tight financial situation, North York borough must now increase its planning. (WM)

A model of teenage schooling decisions is developed and estimated using 1960 census data for States. The model successfully explains variations in enrollment rates of white teenagers but not of nonwhite teenagers. (Author)

This report describes Department of Education activities as those activities related to the six educational goals and expected outcomes for students established by the Alaska State Board of Education: (1) student achievement; (2) at-risk students; (3) professional development; (4) district administration; (5) support for public education; and (6)…

The paper explores the analytical issues which a university would face in implementing a cost-related tuition policy in which students pay more nearly equal percentages of their instructional costs. It also presents empirical estimates of the impact of implementing such a policy using data from the University of Minnesota. (Author/BP)

The era of educational expansion is now past. Educators must cut back their programs, but at the same time not ignore severely pressing educational issues. (PB)

Higher education now faces problems which inhibit it from planning major new programs for the future. The two most serious problems are crises in funding aggravated by dwindling enrollments and lack of continuity in leadership. Teacher education programs are often spared from being cut--some have been expanded--because they are cheap to run, but…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of the reports of three committees of the Central Council for Education. The 21st Committee reports that school education in Japan has expanded in balance with the level of schooling of parents and society at large, in proportion to the economy, and within the per capita…

If education for all American children and youth is of maximum importance, then we must recognize the great numbers who attend parochial schools--and the fact that their problems can be problems for us all. (Editor)

This report provides data tables that show various institutional characteristics of the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS), including enrollment, finance, programs, and staff. In addition to providing the latest data for each college in the system, the report helps draw long-term trends by including systemwide data from 1991 to 2000. Report…

In order to obtain Ministry of Education funding and approval for new projects, Toronto planners and boards must co-operate and demonstrate that the requirements of the "Co-operative Study" form have been met. (Author/WM)

Several public policy issues, particularly the ebb and flow of nonpublic school enrollment at elementary and secondary levels and the causes and implications of those fluctuations, were studied. The research consisted of a state-wide analysis and 12 case studies of nonpublic education in Louisiana. The eight chapters are organized into two major…

A 2-equation model indicates that an increase in spending per student will attract students into the public school system. In turn, the response of the local government to this influx of students will be additional expenditures on education, but not such as to maintain the target level of spending per student. (Author)

From the mid-1960s to 1992, Catholic school enrollment in kindergarten through 12th grade showed consistent declines. The National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) reported a 3.3 percent cumulative increase in enrollment for the years 1992-95. Although many factors affect changes in enrollment, one emerging trend is the opening of new…

Macro-indicators on the conditions of Ontario universities and supporting data that might be used to generate such indicators were developed, and analyses of both indicators and data were undertaken. Overall objectives were as follows: (1) to measure the real resources available to the Ontario university system as a function of the volume of…

This paper presents data on educational expenditures of lesser developed countries (LDCs) and member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and compares patterns of expenditures by levels of education. Expenditures for each level of education are also analyzed in terms of unit costs, enrollment rates, and the…