The American Association of Community and Junior Colleges surveyed its 919 member colleges in 1976 regarding their knowledge of and participation in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's (CETA) locally-based delivery system. Responses from 519 colleges (56.5%) revealed that 478 (88.6%) of the respondents participated in CETA at some level, and 59 (11.4%) did not. Of the 478 colleges for which the level of participation could be determined, funding distribution per year indicated that 241 colleges (51%) received between $1-$99,000, 150 colleges (31.4%) received between $100,000-$499,000, and 28 colleges (5.9%) received $500,000 or more. Knowledge of the members and institutional voting representation on prime sponsor Manpower Planning Councils appeared to be related to the level of participation, with those receiving more funding being more informed. Respondents indicated that they viewed the CETA administration as confusing, that they felt the system fails to give adequate emphasis to job training programs, that CETA may not be serving the most needy, and that there is a lack of concern for individual participants. Recommendations for legislative and procedural improvements are included and a statistical summary of survey results is appended. (LH)