| Show J. J 0 COLLEGE COLLEGE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS Berkeley CA The CPS Commission on Higher Education has announced announced announced ced a downward projection revision of college and university university university sity enrollment figures announced announced an an- flounced by the Commission o in 1971 The decision dedsion to reduce reduce reo rei re re- re- re i duce enrollment prediction figures resulted from two changed factors The US U.S. Office of Education recently announced the rate of graduation graduation grad grad- from high school had leveled off in the past few years and the Bureau of Census Census Census Cen Cen- sus released population projections projections projections pro pro- which reflect a sharply sharp sharp- ly declining birth rate and decreases in total college and university enrollments for J 1971 and 1972 C The actual projections made CT i by the Commission for enrollment enroll- enroll enrollment y ment in institutions of higher learning are between 13 mil mil- mili million i lion to 15 million fewer students students stu stu- dents for 1980 and 22 million I r t tt L r t J P of 5 t f. f t h W 1 4 y f I 1 It 0 r s' s a r 1 t M r a ti- ti I f 1 V T f t 1 n tI r to 34 million less for 2000 in comparison to 1971 estimates The Commissions Commission's Commissions Commission's Commissions Commission's Commis Commis- sion's new projections still call for a net increase of about 46 million students between 1970 and 2000 The Commission for sees a levelling off of the number of bachelor degree recipients causing fewer potential entrants entrants entrants en en- trants to graduate and professional professional professional schools a reduction in costs to institutions and probably probably probably pro pro- bably less competition fo jobs jobs' for college graduates The Commission predicts an an- acceleration in the swing away from undergraduate degree programs to time part-time non- non degree programs This trend will have long range impact on community colleges geared to the non-credit non student Full technical details of the Commissions's Commissions final mal report sometime next month S Sr Sf 0 f i f f J Pi f. f I si i. 1 1 a t I. I |
