Specific programs to meet the increasing demands for engineering technicians during the 1970s can be particularly well implemented by community colleges. (Editor)

Tutorial programs, curriculum revisions, recruitment drives, and other special assistance have stemmed from Califormia's Extended Opportunities Programs and Services for disadvantaged students. (Editor)

Community colleges can offer exciting and satisfying programs for drop-outs, stop-outs, and shoved-outs - if they adapt their traditional procedures creatively. (Editor)

Veterans' needs for special assistance point to a series of guidelines for developing a veterans' program on the community college campus. (Editor)

Describes a model of student assessment which considers prior educational record, educational proficiencies, achievements, aptitudes, and personal characteristics which may be applied to decisions in admissions, selection of study program, placement, continuing education, and program modification. (JDS)

Suggests that general education programs should recognize the demographics and goals of community college students, rather than strictly targeting degree-seeking students. Underscores the need to move away from the mere learning of information toward the development of analytical and synthetic reasoning skills. (PAA)