Second of four articles on community college programs for older adults, summarizes the content of seven booklets and monographs published between 1975 and 1980. Discusses works by Lillian Glickman and Benjamin Hersey; Carl Brahce; the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation; Roger DeCrow Holly Jellison; and Loretta Butcher. Includes bibliography. (AYC)

Cites and provides abstracts for six documents from the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with community development. Articles deal with both rural and urban development. (AYC)

Cites documents in the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with a community-based approach to the administration of adult education; the "one-college" concept; community college relationships with industry; learning centers; developing and implementing continuing education programs for elderly homebound; and nontraditional delivery systems for…

Cites resources of the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges collection dealing with various aspects of adult education: the target population and their needs; accountability; methods of publicizing community college programs for adults; and descriptions of specific programs. (CM)

Contains John Hoffman's "Continuing Education for the Elderly," which describes Panola Junior College's (Texas) programs; Judith Seed's "Tutor Training for Business and Industry," on La Guardia Community College's (New York) Adult Learning Center; and "Secretaries as Professionals" by Jo Lynn Samuelson, describing Sierra College's (California)…

Explains John Wood Community College's (JWCC's) common market approach to educational cooperation, which allows students to access higher education at participating area colleges via educational service contracts. Considers the growth of JWCC and its institutional linkages. Offers a checklist of key activities for community-based contract…

Recommends, for the management of community college adult/continuing education programs, strategic planning to determine the unit's niche within the educational marketplace and interorganizational "coupling" as a means of cooperating with other organizations to foster innovation. Offers a case study of "coupling" at Allegany…

Proposes a "brokerage" model as an appropriate delivery system for open-ended community services. Describes the model's characteristics and cites the Council for the Continuing Education of Women at Miami-Dade Community College (FL) and the Center for Management Development at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (VA) as examples. (AYC)

Provides several examples of cooperation between community colleges and community schools in Oklahoma to provide services in keeping with the tenets of community education. (AYC)

Considers the application of purposive cooperative structures to guide community colleges in functioning effectively with other community schools and agencies. Provides examples of Charette, Delphi, and Community Forum models and examines established cooperative structures at Lane, Clackamus, and Denver Community Colleges. (CM)

Identifies the forces making community college/business partnerships particularly viable at present, including the slow growth of the work force and the need to increase worker productivity. Describes J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College's (Virginia) economic development activities. (DMM)

Describes Project RESOURCES (Retired Employee Skills Outreach Using Retirees in Continuing Employment Situations), Middlesex County College's (New Jersey) program to help people over 55 find employment. Notes project activities such as job fairs, discussion groups, information dissemination, workshops, recruitment, a job bank, and training…

Describes a cooperative program between Rockland Community College and the Rockland County Community Mental Health Center (New York) that introduced education and retraining into the final stages of the rehabilitation process for individuals with a history of drug and substance abuse. Discusses program components, budgetary considerations, and…

Illustrates elements of strategic planning through a case study of the development of an agricultural program at Delta College, Michigan. Reviews efforts to assess community needs and match them with college resources, set priorities on the most needed programs, and produce a framework for judging time and resource commitments. (AYC)

Describes work to establish the Community College Satellite Network, a consortium for sharing telecommunications resources among member colleges in order to enhance staff development, curriculum sharing, and business/industry assessment and training. (DMM)