In this report, the Commission considers a proposal by the Santa Clara Community College District to establish an educational center in the community of Canyon Country. The district was created in 1968 when the communities of Valencia, Newhall, Canyon Country, Agua Dulce, and Val Verde voted overwhelmingly for its establishment. It serves a…

In this report, the Commission considers a proposal by the Yuba Community College District to convert the Woodland Educational Center, currently a state-approved off-campus center of Yuba College, to a full-service community college. The proposal is in response to significant population growth occurring in Yolo county and adjacent areas. The table…

The author visited 12 teacher-education programs in six southern and midwestern states. He reports on current practices in pre-student teaching laboratory training, student teaching, and extended campus programs. (SJL)

Housing has become a major problem for college students. The reticence of college administrators to build new housing facilities in light of predictions of imminent enrollment declines has caused an increasing percentage of students to live off campus. The results of an informal survey of housing problems affecting off-campus students show that…

Discussion of off-campus library services focuses on a literature review of surveys on reference services to off-campus users that investigated the philosophy of service, student demographics, the reference environment, materials provision, theory versus practice, reference assessment and guidelines, local library partnerships, and future trends.…