St. Louis Community College (SLCC), in Missouri, is currently involved in various programs designed to address the issues of drop-outs, teenage pregnancy, illiteracy, crime, underemployment, and unemployment. One such program is the Emerson Electric Co. Minority Engineering Scholarships which since 1988 has provided scholarships to 80 minority students to take 2 years of engineering classes at SLCC and the remaining 2 at the University of Missouri at Rolla. SLCC also offer tech prep programs in chemical technology, allied health, information systems, and engineering. The college's William J. Harrison Northside Education Center offers credit and non-credit classes in a depressed, high-crime area, while the Center for Business, Industry and Labor offers customized training services and employee skills assessment to nearly 150 companies and more than 40,000 workers each year. Other programs include the following; (1) Basic Education, Job Skills and Work Experience, providing free clerical training and paid work experience to prepare low-income, unemployed St. Louis residents for entry-level jobs; (2) a worker Re-Entry program, which has placed 85% of more than 3,000 laid-off workers in new jobs; (3) the Education Coalition for Urban Families, offering literacy training; (4) the National Oak Park Exchange Congress, promoting racial cooperation; (5) math workshops for primary and secondary educators; and (6) a math and science program for girls in grades 8-10, emphasizing career opportunities for women. (KP)