Describes a plan developed at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, to recognize, foster, and celebrate cultural pluralism and racial/ethnic diversity. Considers campuswide efforts and plans in the areas of affirmative action, faculty and staff development, retention and curricular initiatives, student life, and community…

Reviews changes in the community college movement, citing a 20-year history of teaching excellence as its greatest contribution and the failure to pursue scholarship in an orderly, systematic manner as its greatest flaw. Offers faculty members reasons, suggestions, and cautions regarding engagement in scholarship and research. (LAL)

Describes the American Association of Community and Junior College's Advancing the Humanities Project, which is developing Regional Humanities Networks to assist humanities faculty in communicating with their colleagues throughout the region and revitalizing their own teaching via conferences, mentoring components, and various networking…

Highlights activities undertaken by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges to advance the role of the humanities in two-year colleges, including a national humanities conference, college-based curriculum and faculty development programs, the development of humanities action plans at participating colleges, and funding to develop…

Draws from site visits to 50 2-year colleges to identify computer applications in instruction, services to disabled students, testing, and distance education. Discusses areas in which computer technology has not been used to its full potential. (DMM)

Draws from a study of international education at community colleges to discuss three patterns of program administration, financial commitments and expectations, the importance of establishing an institutional policy on international education, and potential problems. (DMM)

Discusses the benefits for community college faculty of an extended overseas experience. Offers guidelines for finding and developing opportunities, overcoming barriers, setting goals, avoiding judgements and evaluations, adapting to the setting, learning about the host institution and its expectations, and making every day count. (DMM)

Addresses issues of open-access and educational quality. Reviews the unique mission of community colleges to educate a student population with wide-ranging academic abilities, motivational levels, and scholastic preparedness. Advocates careful assessment and placement of underprepared students, and special faculty development efforts to improve…