
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, December 27, 1993                   TAG: 9312270025
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENTS SHOW DECLINE

College and university enrollments fell this fall in three out of four states in a poll by the American Council of Education. The council said it was the "most severe" decline recorded in six years of surveys.

"We feel pretty confident that this does represent a national trend," said David Merkowitz, spokesman for the council.

Merkowitz said the 16 states responding to the survey represent more than 40 percent of the student body at two-year and four-year public and private colleges and universities. Twelve of those states showed declines.

Of the 16 states providing complete enrollment information, only Georgia, New Jersey, Tennessee and Texas reported increases.

Enrollment drops ranged from 2.5 percent in Mississippi to 0.1 percent in Maryland. Other states reporting declines were Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma and Virginia.

- Associated Press

by CNB