Charter schools are public schools governed by an independent board of directors that come into existence through a contract with an authorized public chartering agency. This report, known as the Illinois Charter School Biennial Report, provides legislators, policymakers, educators, and the general public with information regarding the state of…

Charter schools are public schools governed by an independent board of directors that come into existence through a contract with an authorized public chartering agency. This report, known as the Illinois Charter School Biennial Report, provides law and policymakers, educators, and the general public with information regarding the state of…

Charter schools are public schools governed by an independent board of directors that come into existence through a contract with an authorized public chartering agency. This report, known as the "Illinois Charter School Biennial Report," provides law and policymakers, educators, and the general public with information regarding the…

Charter schools are public schools governed by an independent board of directors that come into existence through a contract with an authorized public chartering agency. Known as the "Illinois Charter School Biennial Report," this report provides law and policymakers, educators, and the general public with information regarding the state…

Explores current trends in school enrollment, projected enrollment through 2000, and implications for educators. A new baby "boomette", beginning in 1973 and peaking in 1988, will increase school enrollments throughout the 1990s. After 1995, kindergarten enrollment will decline and secondary enrollment, now steadily declining, will…

This publication contains the core school, enrollment, and staffing data of the National Catholic Educational Association's historical file. A page of statistical highlights of the current status of Catholic schools is followed by (1) an introductory essay by Frank H. Bredeweg, C.S.B., which briefly describes the growth of American Catholic…

A notebook for participants in seminars on enrollment planning is presented. The seminars were sponsored by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems. Seminar objectives for session 1 included: to understand the strategic enrollment issues, to review the national and regional demographic trends, and to understand that individual…

This environmental scan is intended to guide San Francisco City College in the coming years amidst a changing environment. The report is divided into five chapters: Demographic Trends, Enrollment Trends, Economic Trends, Educational Trends, and Policy Trends. Demographic Trends provides an overview of the current population of San Francisco (SF)…

This report provides, first, an overview of the external and internal environmental factors affecting planning in California's community colleges; and, second, an examination of the influence of the demographics of the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD). After an executive summary, introductory material discusses ways in which change can…

This publication contains the proceedings of a symposium on higher education finance and management which examined the current financial and managerial direction of colleges and universities. The event brought together institutional presidents and policy makers, corporate leaders, leading financiers, top college and government administrators,…

Presented are statistics and analyses for 1970-1985 related to school enrollments and mathematics enrollments in Australia. Implications for the 1990s are considered. (RH)

For several decades, school districts have attempted to anticipate and plan for enrollment fluctuations within 5- and 10-year periods. From a variety of humanistic, educational, and budgeting perspectives, total district and school-by-school forecasts and forecasting models must be as accurate as possible. This paper reviews nine historical…

The high school graduating class of 2008 will be the largest, the youngest, and the most racially and ethnically diverse in U.S. history. This new generation, coupled with a demographic slump in the 24- to 35-year-old population expected at that time, will force higher education institutions to face a new set of concerns and expectations. (MSE)

A comprehensive investigation was conducted of the impact of the financial reductions that occurred during the 1979-81 and 1981-83 bienniums on the Washington state community college system. Data were obtained for fall quarters 1979 and 1982 to determine if there were significant differences between variables encompassing employee staffing levels,…

In 1985, a study was conducted at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC), using longitudinal minority enrollment data to examine trends which might be of interest to those involved in planning student recruitment activities. Study findings included the the following: (1) 434 minority students were enrolled at PVCC during fall 1985,…