Describes the evolution of a state-wide "TV College" system in Connecticut, including centralized administrative development, course selection and evaluation, scheduling, promotion and advertising, fee structures, and budgeting processes. (RT)

Describes the founding and development of Hostos Community College. Hostos serves a predominantly Puerto Rican student body and is the only postsecondary educational institution in the continental U.S. to offer a comprehensive bilingual program. (RT)

Declining public fiscal support and declining student enrollment require community colleges to re-examine their multiple roles and consider specializing in an area of strength, such as career, transfer, pre-professional, or middle college programs. A pluralistic approach by each college preserves the optimum opportunity for survival of the…

Describes the Open Access Satellite Educational Services (OASES) project, which was designed to increase continuing education services, encourage adult educational participation, and create a replicable model of cooperative services by combining the resources of South Oklahoma City Junior College and the Oklahoma County Libraries System. (RT)

Describes the "Family College" program at Rockland Community College (New York). Established in 1971, it includes coursework as well as a weekend program of college credit, credit-free, and graduate education experiences styled to fit the needs and interests of a variety of age groups found within the typical family unit. (Author/RT)

Describes the new campus and special programs of Malaspina College, British Columbia. (RT)

The development of a Prison Education Network (PEN) program at Mercer County Community College (New Jersey) has involved regular and part-time faculty, additional support staff, and increased development and use of instructional aids. Televised and videotaped courses designed for PEN have changed campus instruction. (RT)

Describes the advantages of an instructor exchange between colleges, including tax deductions, improved teaching techniques, an enlarged experience of college operations, and financial benefits to the exchange colleges. (RT)

Reviews college admissions policies as they may be affected by court decisions. Deals specifically with Bakke v. Regents of the University of California, Hupart v. Board of Higher Education of the City of New York, Griggs v. Duke Power Co., the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Washington v. Davis. (RT)

Severe unemployment problems spawned the Community Development Resource Center at Parkersburg Community College (West Virginia) in 1975. Its services to assist local economic planning and development include a comprehensive resource library, a monthly economic newsletter, conducting and publishing research studies, and providing community…

Reviews the reasons why community colleges are not getting their share of the federal funds awarded to post-secondary institutions and proposes methods of remedying the situation. (DC)

Reviews recent developments and suggests methods by which community colleges can meet the needs of the Energy Research and Development Administration by developing training programs for environmental technicians and programs designed to foster citizen awareness. (DC)

Discuss a regional program for educating the public about energy conservation and solving community energy problems. (DC)

A detailed description of a community college's successful efforts to reduce its energy consumption by modifying its central heating and cooling plant. (DC)

A community college photography teacher discusses his teaching methods and the content of his curriculum. (DC)