Recent Enrollment Trends in U.S. Nonpublic Schools: Final Report to the National Institute of Education.

Autor/inn/en	Erickson, Donald A.; und weitere
Titel	Recent Enrollment Trends in U.S. Nonpublic Schools: Final Report to the National Institute of Education.
Quelle	(1977), (116 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Catholic Schools; Declining Enrollment; Elementary Secondary Education; Enrollment Influences; Enrollment Projections; Enrollment Rate; Enrollment Trends; National Surveys; Parochial Schools; Private Schools; Statistical Data; Tables (Data) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Katholische Schule; Konfessionsschule; Private school; Privatschule; Tabelle
Abstract	The purpose of this survey was to examine recent (since 1965) and projected enrollment trends in the nation's nonpublic schools and to explore the causes and consequences of these trends. Information on 14 groups of private and parochial schools was collected, although the authors emphasize that their research was not exhaustive. The results show an overall decline from the 1965-66 enrollment high point to 1976, although Catholic schools suffered a much greater enrollment decline than other private and parochial schools. Some varieties of nonpublic schools (such as private alternative schools) have gained enrollment across the ten-year period. The data show that with the exception of Catholic schools, enrollment decline has generally been resisted in nonpublic schools. The data indicate that during the past five years, the demand for nonpublic schools has taken a decided upturn, especially for nonpublic schools that represent a strong protest against certain features of public education. On the basis of this data, the authors conclude that public disenchantment with the public schools is reaching serious proportions, particularly in some parts of the nation (the Deep South, Florida, and the Southwest). (Author/DS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01