Comments on the achievements of the tele-college program in New Jersey, which connects off-campus students by telephone to regularly scheduled courses. Notes the emotional and financial benefits of the program for homebound students. Reviews program costs and funding. Points to logistical, psychological, and technical considerations. (DMM)

Describes an instructional telephone network at Kirkwood Community College (Iowa) which involves a four-wire telephone system allowing two-way conversations between the instructor and an unlimited number of outlying class meeting sites. Discusses the advantages and successes of the program. (AYC)

Employing portable conference telephones, Queensborough (New York) Community College now enrolls 40 homebound students in 56 different day and evening courses. Although the program is costly, the author recommends it as a step toward helping the handicapped. (DC)

Considered the problem of growing concern about future enrollment at community colleges and discussed programs designed to bring the college to the student rather than the opposite. (Author/RK)