This paper examines national trends in student characteristics and enrollment patterns, and presents data collected from a survey of 349 evening, off-campus students, to determine the effectiveness of the community college in meeting students' motivational and academic needs.

Milwaukee Area Technical College served 105,000 adults with its outreach programs during 1977-78 with courses for business and industry employees, adult basic education, community services, family living education, urban concerns, and evening centers. Scope of these programs is briefly described. (MF)

Indicators of quality in the evening, weekend, and outreach programs administered by the Community Services Program are assessed in this report. Part One examines extensive demographic data for the three-county district in terms of population, economic, and educational characteristics. Part Two displays course offerings by geographical location…

A community assessment questionnaire was developed at Worthington Community College (WCC) to determine sources of information about WCC, attitudes toward and knowledge of WCC, educational needs and interests, how WCC's service population could best be served, and respondent characteristics. A total of 200 people in six population centers were…