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Abstract: In June 1973, the New York State Board of Regents approved the establishment of the Coordinate Campus proposed by two private institutions, the C.W. Post Center of Long Island University and St. Joseph's College. This article describes the general purpose and history of upper-division education and examines this experiment in interinstitutional education as one solution to problems facing many private institutions.

Abstract: The use of efficiency-oriented criteria is a contreversial means of evaluating educational processes. In this article, the author presents what she calls "The View from Washington." This speech was delivered at the SCUP/ADAPT workshop "More for Less: Academic Planning With Faculty Without New Dollars," held in April 1974 near Chicago.

Abstract: Community colleges, which usually serve a definable regional base, are in a good position to obtain reliable long-term forecasts of future demand. The demographic modelling approach developed at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, has enabled the college to anticipate changing social patterns and to assist other community institutions in their parallel efforts in planning. The results are reported below by Harold L. Finch, vice president, Johnson County Community College and Joyce Smith, assistant dean, Rockhurst College.

Abstract: Over the past two decades, national enrollment projection studies have experienced an uneven level of success in the accuracy of their predictions. An awareness of the limitations of existing projection techniques has been heightened by the growing realization that existing definitions of enrollment are inadequate. The article that follows examines the best known national enrollment studies in terms of methodologies, objectives and assumptions. The authors, Wayne L. Mangelson, Donald M. Norris, Nick L. Poulton, and John A. Seeley, also suggest directions for developing new approaches in this critical field. Mangelson is director of educational development, Michigan Municipal League. Norris is a Rackham predoctoral fellow at The University of Michigan. Poulton serves as research associate in the office of academic planning and analysis at the University of Michigan. Seeley is a partner in the Formative Evaluation Research Associates. All four are Ph.D. candidates at The Center for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Michigan.

Abstract: Controversies over the extent and duration of projected enrollment declines have made the techniques involved such predictions a matter of interest to everyone involved in educational planning. This survey of current methodologies and problems in forecasting at the state and institutional level was written by Edward H. Lyell, director of planning and management systems, Colorado Commission on Higher Education, and Patrick Toole, associate professor of engineering design and economic evaluation, University of Colorado, Boulder. Their analysis may contribute to equipping a broader audience for discussions in this field.

Abstract: The following case study of the origins of the University consortium Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan tells an unusual story. In contrast to the general pattern of most consortia (direct cooperation between institutions), this Center involves the development of joint programs by the extension units of three distant universities and one local college. The early steps taken in establishing the Center are described by Donald D. Fink, director of the consortium.

Abstract: Skyrocketing interest rates and soaring construction costs are taking their toll on college and university building programs. Campus planners, especially those at small private colleges, are looking at previously unexplored ways to economize. At St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, plans are under way to recycle a seven-year residence hall for use as a library. The circumstances leading up to the development of the project are described in the following article by Kenneth Curley, director of public relations at the college.

Abstract: Institutional research is an adaptive tool, . It aids decision-makers in assessing an institution's efficiency, and in determining the appropriateness of the instiution's goals in relation to social needs. However, given the limited resources available for planning, choices must at times be made as to whether to concentrate analytical studies on internal functioning or on the external environment. The following article, by Joan C. Tonn, assistant director of the office of educational planning at the University of Massachusetts/Boston, describes how the planning focus of one institution evolved along with changing external conditions in recent years.