The influence of financial considerations on college enrollment rates is demonstrated in an economic theory model incorporating both investment and consumption reasons for attending, with relevance to the theory of occupational choice. (MF)

While American minority groups comprise close to one fifth of the nation's total population, only one in every 15 first-year medical school seats is held by a black, a Mexican American, a mainland Puerto Rican or a Native American. (Author)

Admissions officers credit recruitment efforts and greater commitment of financial aid for the anticipated modest increases in Black college student enrollments. However, some feel it is too early to project accurate numbers. (MSE)

Data include a ranking of the 76 institutions with the most foreign students, including the enrollment numbers and proportions; the distribution by field of study; the foreign countries the students come from; and the number of students in each state. (MSE)

The summer session is discussed as a way in which to maintain or increase student enrollment. This paper, based on study of summer sessions at Bowling Green State University, suggests ways in which planners, administrators, and faculty may analyze their summer enrollments, consider new programs, and utilize interdepartmental and community…

Since the 1970s, enrollment at higher education/postsecondary institutions increased steadily; this rise helped reshape the higher education landscape. A higher proportion of high school graduates attended colleges and universities, and the institutions evolved and changed through a more diverse student body with shifting priorities in academic…

Author advocates an administrative model incorporating a university wide management information system" in order to end further impulsive development" and to enable the university to withstand increasing pressures. (Editor)

A radical change in admissions policies must be made to bring more of the weaker students into strong institutions and to make small institutions serve more of the stronger students. (IR)

The nation's supply of teachers has changed from surplus to shortage. Offers a comparison of perceptions of the teaching profession as identified by 387 preservice teachers and 315 in-service teachers from 10 southeastern states. (Author/RC)

Regression analysis of 1956-79 data on high school and college enrollment among males aged 16-21, minimum wage levels, military draft requirements, unemployment rates, family income, high school graduation, and job opportunities indicates that male enrollment rates respond strongly to changes in the expected rate of financial return to schooling.…

Describes engineering education's increasing enrollment in contrast to the shortage of engineering teachers and modern teaching facilities. Reasons for the decrease in engineering educators include low salaries and the need for graduate education. Recommendations include the establishment of graduate fellowships, increased teaching salaries, and…

The enrollment pattern, age structure, rank distribution, and salary levels of full time faculty at Canadian universities are examined and their consequences for the present and future are explored. (JMF)

Enrollment data are presented in tabular form for the period of 1965-66 through 1977-78 (in some cases also 1978-79) for Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and U.S.A. Trends are analyzed briefly, for overall, university, and nonuniversity sectors. (MSE)

An annual ranking of the top 100 colleges conferring degrees on ethnic minorities finds almost 20,000 more African Americans received bachelor's degrees in 1995 than in 1991, a 30.2% increase. Women have been driving this increase, with double the gains of men over that period. About 28% of the new African American graduates attend historically…

Reports on a survey of the textbooks used for first- and second-year German language instruction at 44 Canadian universities and colleges. (Author/MSE)