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The article reflects on the decline in college enrollment in Great Britain and other countries. Institutions are faced with the problem of recruiting home students after they recorded enrollment decline in Germany, Australia, Europe and North America. It questions the validity of the British Higher Education Statistics Agency's data that reported an increase in college attendance. Universities and their funding councils should look at ways to address the demographic decline aside from recruiting foreign students.

Reports on the decline of the number of first-year enrollments at universities in New Zealand. Failure of many applicants to met new entrance requirements; Implementation of the standards-based assessment system for senior school pupils; Contribution of literacy requirement to the decrease in the number of successful entrants.

Reports on the overcrowding crisis in Austria's universities. Results on the overcrowding of students; Criticism of Josef Broukal, opposition spokesman for science, to Education Minister Elisabeth Gehrer's inability to secure more funds for education from Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser.

Reports on the statistics released in September 2004 by the Scottish Executive regarding higher education participation for 2002-2003. Drop in the number of young Scots who enter college; Reason for high participation rate in Scotland; Reaction of college administrators regarding the decline.

Reports on the warning of education expert John Field that Scottish colleges and universities population problems. Claim of Field that Scotland suffer a substantial fall in population; Assertion of a spokesperson for Universities in Scotland that institutions faced a great deal of competition; Effect of gradual population decline on institutions.

Reports on the increase in enrollment in universities and colleges in Australia between 1998 to 2003. Reference to the recruitment of overseas students as reason for the increase; Probability of the decline in student demand due to the government's option of adding top-up fees to the Higher Education Contribution Scheme charge; Proposal of the government for universities to set up diplomas of education in careers counseling.

Reports on the findings of "The Times Higher" regarding the status of the number of students in old and new universities in Great Britain between 1998 to 2003. Decrease of student numbers in new universities; Growth of student enrollment in old universities; List of universities affected by the falling demand like Middlesex University, Luton University and North London University.

Reports on the decrease in enrollment in most London, England-based universities since students are favoring cheaper alternatives in other parts of the country. Analysis of data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service that covered full-time undergraduates and international students; Advise to students from adults to live at home and attend a local university where the cost of living was cheaper; Comfort offered to the capital's institutions by a report from Claire Callender, professor of social policy at London South Bank University.

Reports on submissions of documents on higher education to the British government. Institute of Physics' warning that the age profile of academic staff in university physics departments presents serious problems for the future of the subject; Office of Education and Industry Department's forecast that student numbers would continue to grow in Scotland despite funding cuts.

Reports on British further and higher education minister Tim Boswell's forecast of enrollment rates for post graduate bursaries and studentships in the 1995 to 1996 academic year. Increase in rates as compared with the 1994 to 1995 academic year; Department for Education's awards for new and continuing postgraduate bursaries to students from England and Wales and studentships.