This issue of "Focus" includes nine essays addressing various concerns related to curriculum, theory, research, teaching strategies, student and faculty issues, and other matters pertinent to the Utah community colleges. The issue contains: (1) "Comment: Making Quality 'Job One' in the Community College," by Don A. Carpenter; (2) "Colloquium with Part-Time Faculty: A Conversation about Excellence," by Elizabeth A. Nist, which describes the development of the Utah Valley Community College's writing program; (3) "Strategic Planning, Community Colleges, and Diminishing Resources (Or, How Can I Survive in Tight Times?)" by Carol Berrey; (4) "From the Ivory Tower," by Douglas D. Alder, which describes a career move from university professor to two-year college president; (5) "Stranger in a Strange Land," by Craig Natzke, which discusses the challenges and rewards encountered by a non-Mormon educator in Utah; (6) "Making Our Colleges More International: Promoting a Sense of World Community," by Mary Ann Christison, which stresses the importance of international student programs, study and travel abroad, foreign language instruction, and faculty exchanges; (7) "Integrating Computers into the Curriculum: The Path of Least Resistance," by Nancy Smith, which reports on a study comparing instruction in typewriting and keyboarding taught on typewriters and personal computers; (8) "Computers in Composition: Finding New Connections," by Linda M. Cunningham, which discusses the many ways in which computers are being used at Salt Lake Community College; and (9) "Articulating a Lifelong Comprehensive Curriculum: Education for the Whole Person," by Happi T. Hansen. (EJV)