Describes the 300-member community college system in Yugoslavia and the problems recently encountered in filling the country's needs for trained technical specialists. (AYC)

Considers the goals and activities of the Community College Cooperative for International Development which is comprised of six Florida community colleges. The principal mission of the Cooperative is to provide mid-level manpower training and technical assistance in occupational, vocational, and technical education to developing nations. (MB)

Seymour Eskow, President of Rockland Community College (New York) and pioneer in community college international education, reviews the development of study abroad and some of the problems with developing international studies programs in local colleges. (MB)

Describes an Agency for International Development program which placed Nigerian students in technical programs in American community colleges, detailing the process of screening student applicants in Nigeria. (MB)

Briefly reviews the past ten years of activities of the League for Innovation in the Community Colleges, whose goals focus on experimentation in teaching and learning, the exchange of results in these areas, and the evaluation of innovative practices on students and the community. (MB)

Presents an overview of the English educational system as experienced by an American teaching at a two-year technical college in England, focusing on the role of the technical college and its faculty, academic standards, and accountability. (MB)

Outlines the organization, goals, and activities of the Florida Collegiate Consortium for International/Intercultural Education, which presently has 12 members--seven community colleges and five universities--that open their overseas studies programs to students from other member institutions. (MB)

Summarizes the results of a statewide economic impact analysis of Maryland's 17 community colleges which revealed that expenditures had positive short-range and long-range impacts on the state economy in the areas of business, general employment, and increased student earning potential. Presents suggestions for conducting impact studies. (MB)

Considers the future of community colleges in relation to diminishing revenues, rising costs, and declining enrollments, urging a strong federal policy in support of higher education. (MB)

Considers the problems associated with selective admissions into transfer curriculums and the development of broad-scale remedial programs. Urges the teaching of functional literacy in transfer programs, and examines areas where research is needed in order to achieve this goal. (AYC)

Reviews the development and growing institutional acceptance of the general studies program at the Parkington campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College which offers remedial courses in English, mathematics, and reading to over one-fifth of the student body. (MB)

The mathematics learning center at Tacoma Community College aims to provide an effective method of reaching a diversity of student needs using three programs: independent-tutorial study, student tutorial, and a basic arithmetic skills laboratory. More than 30 mathematics courses are offered; each has an option of individualized instruction or…

Describes library use instruction at Leeward Community College (Hawaii) which is coordinated with freshman English courses and which requires about ten hours of hands-on learning in the library. The program includes a library tour, and covers use of the card catalog, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and periodical and newspaper indexes. (MB)

Describes the new learning resource center facilities at Kauai Community College (Hawaii). (MB)

Our challenge is to find ways of sharing authority and responsibility for the functions our colleges perform. We must avoid confusing structure with process and rid ourselves of overly complex governance arrangements where the costs of maintenance exceed the benefits to be derived. (Author/LH)