Ten community colleges in Texas sent participants to a faculty and administrators' conference, whose purpose was to discuss all points covering basic-studies programs and to see where consensus and differences of opinion existed among the people who actually operate those programs. This transcript of the conference covers the following topics: (1) recruiting, including freedom of choice vs. assignment and transfer of courses; (2) counseling, including involvement of family; (3) placement and testing of students; (4) structure of educational program; (5) acceptance of program by college community; (6) development of positive student attitudes, goals and motivations; (7) culture conflict; and (8) program evaluation. (CA)