This study was designed to develop guidelines for planning and organizing media oriented extended access systems in community colleges. In order to determine the current status of media oriented extended access (off-campus) instruction, a questionnaire was sent to all community college districts in the United States with 5,000 or more enrollments, or to the largest district in the state in the event that no district had 5,000 students. On the basis of the results of this questionnaire, 11 districts were selected for site visits, during which a survey was conducted to ascertain the planning and organizing procedures utilized. Finally, seven administrators of such programs were asked to recommend desirable policies, procedures, and organizational structures. Following a literature review, this dissertation presents the results of these various studies. It includes a state-of-the-art review of the media oriented extended access instructional programs in community colleges, a review of the planning and organizing procedures currently utilized in such programs, and a list of the recommendations of the seven selected administrators. Also included are the author's conclusions and recommendations, and a bibliography. (DC)