These four issues of "Trustee Quarterly" present 31 articles on topics of concern to community college trustees, including finance, administration, and mission. Specific articles cover: (1) the board chair's political role (E. M. Duffy); (2) evaluation and goal setting (M. Hays); (3) collective bargaining (K. L. Hunt and W. Hamilton); (4) long- and short-range planning (D. B. Lake); (5) trustee role in presidential evaluations (J. Lombardi); (6) changes facing community colleges (S. E. Marsee); (7) trustee orientation (P. McGlashan); (8) adult literacy and the community college (N. M. Ellison); (9) board self-evaluation (M. M. Harris); (10) relations with the federal government (C. M. Mathias); (11) power and politics of state educational policy (B. Roberts); (12) legal liabilities of the trustee (R. E. Sechler); (13) international education (B. F. Stewart); (14) competing with industry for faculty (H. A. Tuck); (15) trustee responsibilities (A. R. Christensen); (16) board/president relations (B. Cruden); (17) managing change (R. R. Evans and H. M. Milander); (18) planning and budgeting (K. J. Jacobs); (19) strategic planning and marketing (B. Knight); (20) internationalizing the community college (I. G. Kurtz); (21) identifying community needs (A. M. McKinnon); (22) assuming trusteeship (M. C. Nicolai); (23) state and national policies (C. E. Plaum); (24) policy formation (G. R. Conger); (25) occupational education (P. A. Elsner); (26) alternative funding (J. C. Jones); (27) board/president responsibilities (M. Kennedy); (28) international students (D. H. Scott); (29) student recruitment and retention (E. Tang); (30) affirmative action (C. R. Ward); and (31) presidential evaluations (M. W. Wheat). (KL)