Discussed a report that considered how well a liaison committee has functioned between the AACJC and the ACCT. (RK)

The purpose of this article was to call attention and to give broader circulation to the discussion that centered around two topics at a meeting of the AACJC and Council of Universities and Colleges, specifically, scholarly research and cooperative action programs. (Author/RK)

Discussed a program of group discussion, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association, a New York-based, non-partisan organization for world affairs education, that may have all the features needed to enhance its community service involvement with a minimum of staff and expense. (Author/RK)

"Community-based corrections" places an emphasis on integration of offenders into the community. Community colleges should develop programs to help offenders become useful citizens. A clearinghouse is needed for sharing experiences and curriculum materials related to correctional staff training and inmate education. (DC)

After a full year of law enforcement courses, three female community college students worked full-time for 2 months in the summer as student interns on an independent study project in a local correctional facility for women. This practical experience allowed them to test their career choice. (DC)

Kellogg Community College revised its catalog to make it more student-oriented by explaining open enrollment, credit hours, contact hours, individualized instruction, modular units, etc., in concise lay terms. 80,000 new catalogs were published as Sunday supplements to 6 area newspapers in June 1974. (DC)

A description of the functioning, problems, and coordinator roles for Washington State's Community Involvement Program--a systematic effort to place students off-campus in practical learning situations that will augment their formal classroom training--now operating in Washington's 27 community colleges. (DC)

Community College of the Air Force, established at Randolf Air Force Base, Texas, is an accredited institution which acts as a centralized "broker" to keep track of student progress through a program of technical education oriented specifically to the professional preparation of noncommissioned officers by combining Air Force and civilian…

Today's student needs services sensitive to his priorities of work and economic security. Suggested services include: transportation services, food services, financial aid for basic physical needs, flexible scheduling, facilities for "lifetime" sports activities, counselors located at community centers, cooperative arrangements with local cultural…

Chabot College has developed a new speech therapy program including individual and group remedial instruction for students with speech problems as well as course work for those students seeking information about the field of communicative disorders. The program operates in a newly developed speech and hearing center. (DC)

Associate degree vocational programs at universities are coordinated with similar programs at two-year colleges. Students and faculty in both programs are similar, but they tend to be looked down upon at universities. As vocational programs extend to four-year programs, the community colleges may offer them in their entirety. (DC)

Community College placement services are often viewed with indifference and negativism. College-wide coordination of student and employer needs is necessary. An organizational model for consciously planned and coordinated career placement services is presented here. (DC)

Reports an economic impact study conducted at Harrisburg Area Community College and provides instructions for conducting similar studies at other community colleges. Such studies may prove to the community that a college is not a "drag" on the economy and that it actually contributes to it by producing educated individuals. (DC)

Article concerned itself with possible, probable, and preferable futures focusing on the dynamics of change and the future of educational planning at the two year college level. (Author/RK)

Article focused on the concept of a cooperative and how it offers insights as to how a community college may work together with the community to develop a community-based educational program. (Author/RK)