The essays in this collection provide contrasting points of view on a number of community college issues that have become more pressing during periods of economic constraint. The volume contains: (1) "Part-Time Faculty: The Value of the Resource," by William R. C. Munsey; (2) "Part-Time Faculty, Full-Time Problems," by David Hartleb and William Vilter; (3) "Part-Time Faculty: Nemesis or Savior?" by George B. Vaughan; (4) "The Fading Vision of the Open Door," by Marc A. Nigliazzo; (5) "Keeping the Open Door Open," by William E. Demaree; (6) "Student Enrollment: Ways to Maintain the Commitment," by Gustavo A. Mellander; (7) "Maintaining Commitment to Quality Education," by John M. McGuire and Eldon Miller; (8) "Weak Programs: The Place to Cut," by Ronald J. Temple; (9) "Preserving and Enhancing Quality through Effective Program Evaluation," by Al Smith; (10) "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?" by Phyllis Woloshin; (11) "Competing with the Marketplace: The Need to Pay Some Faculty More," by Thomas E. Wagner; (12) "New Approaches to Faculty Compensation," by James L. Wattenbarger; and (13) "Sources and Information: Decision Making in Hard Economic Times," by Jim Palmer. (LAL)