Describes a project conducted by Mount Hood Community College (Oregon) with Comprehensive Employment and Training Act funding to survey local labor market needs and to train unemployed persons in research techniques. Emphasizes the coordination of state and local agencies in project planning and looks at the applications of the findings in career…

Discusses the historical development of community impact studies and explains the purpose, planning, and methodology of these studies. Describes Eastfield College's community impact assessment process and the use of the findings. Lists the goals which had been met according to survey respondents and mentions the benefits gained from the study. (DD)

Looks at the growth in the number of women college presidents over the past five years. Reports survey results on the backgrounds, characteristics, qualifications, attitudes, and advice of women presidents. Describes the strategies of the National Identification Program for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education Administration. (DD)