As the University of California continues to face unprecedented challenges--from state disinvestment, to attempts by the legislature to wrest control of the university, to disruption brought on by new technology, to concerns, valid or otherwise, about the value of college--university leaders must return to fundamental questions about the purposes…

The Office of Educational Development, coupling humanism with technology, is a single major component of the educational development process of the Coast Community College District (California) in its continual effort to improve instructional programs. The Office offers a service function while the colleges in the district remain autonomous. Its…