Increased enrollment in professional programs and increased demands for limited resources have diminished advisors' ability to provide the services students demand. Student professional organizations have potential for assisting students and advisors in an over-enrolled program by recruiting professional mentors and providing information about…

"Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States, 2006--Midwestern Edition" is based on data collected for the fourth annual report on the state of online education in U.S. Higher Education. Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and based on responses from over 500 Midwestern colleges and universities, this year's study,…

When the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education (subsequently referred to as the commission) convened in fall 2008, the educational landscape was facing a number of issues that the commission's members recognized as formidable challenges to those students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. Summarizing the…

This article discusses how some of football coach Johnny Majors' recruiting techniques can be used to build and maintain strong foreign language programs by reducing the rate of attrition at the end of the basic FL sequence. (Author/CFM)

Statistics for 1977 enrollments in pharmacy degree programs are presented, and comparisons are made with 1976 enrollments. Most of the tables list figures by schools and states. Increases have occurred in overall enrollment and in female and under-represented minorities enrollment in the Pharm D program as a second pharmacy degree. (SW)

Statistics for 1977 enrollments in graduate level pharmacy degree programs are presented. Tables indicate full- and part-time enrollments in masters and doctoral programs and enrollments in speciality areas. Enrollments of minorities and women, enrollments by state and school, financial support information, and degree programs of different schools…

Reviews declines in chemistry enrollment in English universities and considers questions relating to why enrollment declines are occurring. (SL)

It is argued that political input at a local level can be justified in terms of the importance of the institution to the community, of the total responsibilities of a local authority, and of a need for some other power to offset the power of a national body. A regional policy for higher education in Great Britain in advocated. (Author/LBH)

A year in which most college admissions officials had expected a drop in applicants, many colleges are reporting applications increases of up to 60 percent. On the surface, such figures are cause for celebration, but some feel they are both the product and the cause of current admissions uncertainty. (MSE)

Data are given for the numbers and proportions of foreign students in the 78 U.S. colleges and universities with the largest foreign enrollments, numerical and proportional changes in the last year by field of study, and the number of students coming from each of 65 countries in each state. (MSE)

A survey about the current overenrollment in communication courses indicates that students are willing to accept some alterations in the structure, teaching mode, and format of communication courses, but they are not willing to sacrifice all the advantages a major in communication has traditionally represented. (PD)

This document presents tabular data on the performance of high school students enrolled in public colleges and universities in West Virginia in Fall 2003. Data is provided for the following areas: (1) 2002-2003 West Virginia Public High School Graduates Enrolling in West Virginia Public Colleges in Fall 2003, by County; (2) 2002-2003 West Virginia…

The nations's largest public college system is a diversified complex of 19 campuses and 250,000 students, devoted to giving 4 years of college to masses of Californians in spite of budget stringencies. (Editor/IR)

Comments on the enrollment trends revealed through a 1982 survey of schools and departments of journalism and mass communications. Includes tables that summarize, by school and department, some of the major findings of the survey. (HOD)