Data on student enrollment in all postsecondary institutions in the United States are provided, based on the Early National Estimates Survey which is part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Enrollment in postsecondary institutions in the fall of 1986 is reported according to enrollment by sex and racial/ethnic group of student,…

A study was conducted to examine black student enrollment at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) in terms of changes in student characteristics and increases in proportions of black students who have a native language other than English, who have graduated from a high school outside of the United States, or who are citizens of a country other than…

One of several papers in a symposium on Kensington School (in Missouri), this document describes the effects on this elementary school of demographic change and racial transition in Milford School District. The authors first present a historical overview of the development of the school district and the role of blacks in the town from the…

This report presents data and summarizes findings of a study on patterns of enrollment in the Cleveland, Ohio, public schools between 1967 and 1981. The study focused on whether school desegregation caused or contributed to enrollment decline, on how much white flight was related to school desegregation, and on other possible causes of enrollment…

Based on assumptions about fertility, mortality, and net immigration trends, statistical tables depict the future U.S. population by age, sex, and race. Figures are based on the July 1, 1982, population estimates and race definitions and are projected using the cohort-component method with alternative assumptions for future fertility, mortality,…

The data in this volume were collected in accordance with the 1974 Maryland plan for the desegregation of public post secondary education institutions. Presented are employee related data for Maryland colleges, universities and state agencies, and data on members of boards associated with higher education. The statistics for institutions include…

This is a report on the process of private urban renewal of three areas in Washington, D.C. The areas are Georgetown, Capitol Hill and Adams-Morgan. The paper presents an analysis of general population trends and of the change in composition of the population in these three areas. Two general questions are raised: To what extent does the process…

This study investigated communities in 10 randomly selected states to determine the extent to which Local Public Works (LPW) funds, which were disbursed according to procedures intended to benefit areas of unemployment and provide assistance for the chronically unemployed, were actually received in targeted low income or high minority areas. The…

To provide information on characteristics of rural and small schools in Region VII of the U.S. Department of Education, this profile presents selected demographic data on schools in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. A narrative section discusses the purpose of the report, definitions of rural and nonmetropolitan classifications, percentages of…

Introductory comments for a seminar on the Bakke decision and implications for the issue of equity of access are presented. It is suggested that before the Bakke case public support for affirmative action admissions programs was diminishing; and that if affirmative action had continued as it was being operated, its negative effects may have been…

This report on 1978-1979 desegregation activity in Seattle, Washington, charts demographic changes in school district enrollment and reductions in racial imbalance. Data are also presented on the number of students reassigned to residence based schools, retention rates for reassigned students by grade and race, and number of students participating…

A comparison of two networks of citizens and parents leads to the conclusion that an effective citizen network in education should have a formal organization, structured leadership, specific goals, and a diverse and active membership. The rise of such groups is attributed to people's feelings that schools are failing to educate. These networks of…

This paper describes a study that was conducted in the St. Louis elementary schools to examine the effects of environmental changes accompanying the relocation of black students to new schools. Students' academic gain in the year prior to relocation was compared with their growth rate in the year following relocation. The study produced five major…

This report provides projections of the U.S. population by age, race, and sex, and of the components of population change (births, deaths, and migration). Statistical tables project the population increase annually from 1977 to 2000, and in less detail from 2000 to 2050. The author stresses that these reports are projections rather than…

The relationship between neighborhood characteristics and achievement level was investigated in six metropolitan schools, after accounting for neighborhood type. Neighborhoods were classified into four types: middle socioeconomic status white, low status white, middle status black, and low status black. Additional neighborhood…