This is volume 13 of Leadership Abstracts, a newsletter published by the League for Innovation (California). Issue number 1 of February 2000, "Community Colleges Bridging the Digital Divide," addresses the racial and economic issues inherent in the digital divide--the discrepancy between those who are technologically literate and those who aren't--and makes recommendations for community colleges to bridge this gap. Issue 2 of April 2000, "New Game, New Rules: The Workforce Development Challenge," discusses the many initiatives, programs, and mandates concerning workforce development that community college leaders must address. Suggestions for responding to workforce issues are included. Issue 3 of June 2000, "Knowing What You're Looking for: An Outcomes-Based Approach to Hiring," suggests that community college administrators enhance their assessment strategies when hiring new employees in order to find people who work well in the contextualized college environment. Issue 5 of October 2000, "Laptops for Everyone (Part 2): An Update on the Floyd College Information Technology Project," discusses a 3-year pilot project for the University System of Georgia in which all students leased laptop computers for use in and out of the classroom. Finally, issue 6 of December 2000, "Rising Star: A Community College Foundation at Work," discusses a collaborative fundraising program that helped to increase student retention rates. (NB)