National Enrollment Projection Studies. Planning for Higher Education; Vol. 3, No. 6:1/6, December 1974.

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 limitation of existing projection techniques has been heightened by the growing realization that existing definitions of enrollment are inadequate. This article examines the best known national enrollment studies in terms of methodologies, objectives and assumptions. Directions for developing new approaches are suggested. (MJM)