Excerpt from the 1973 Manpower Report of the President discusses the effects of the Nation's declining birthrate on schools, health care, population density, and immigration. (Editor)

Suggests using techniques of artificial insemination and/or superovulation with embryo transplant as methods of increasing captive populations of rare mammals. (AL)

Describes weaknesses of current incentives for lowering fertility and proposes a model with multiple incentives to individuals, groups, and entire communities. (AL)

Statement taken from the 1968 pamphlet, "Ford Foundation Grants in Resources and Environment .

Provides historical overview of the Afro-Caribbean presence in Britain as background for understanding the present state of race relations in Britain. (MP)

Examines the dynamics of the aging process, the employment situation facing older Japanese workers, and changes in age-related employment and wage practices. (SK)

The United States is on the verge of a labor shortage that is partly the result of declining birth rates. An increase in work force participation by older adults, encouraged by reversals of early retirement and other policy changes, would be advantageous to employers, workers, and the economy. (Author/SK)

Reviews American economic and social trends relevant to the public television system. Implications of these trends are discussed and improvements for future development are suggested. (BK)

This article deals with the problems of modeling the population densities of cities. Two types of models, the quadratic gamma and the equilibrium, are discussed and compared. (Author/MK)

Examines recent trends in population growth in Australia from the perspective of their effects on the school-age population. Projected trends indicate that this population will at most be stable and probably will decline. Notes how the composition of this population is changing, with increasing levels of diversity and inequality. (EV)

Reviews statistics on the growing diversity of the United States and discusses its implications for institutions of higher education in the New England region. (EV)

Uses data from the 2000 census to outline the demographic shifts that will bring more students of color and older students to college campuses in the years ahead. (EV)

Examines trends, 1960-87, in population, retail and service activity, and manufacturing activity for a random sample of 202 nonmetro villages. Finds slowest growth or absolute decline in the 1980s. Suggests a stronger position for the small town as a residential center, rather than a retail or production center. (SV)