Focuses on social changes and trends and what community college educators must do to respond to such changes as the explosion of educational needs; changes in basic social institutions, educational delivery systems, and organizational structures; increased off-campus education services; faculty-board-administrator relations; and funding source…

Reports on a trip to the People's Republic of China. Focuses on the development of community-college-like institutions for short-cycle vocational education; education as a national priority; current educational issues in the country; and personal impressions. (DMM)

Presents citations and abstracts for seven documents dealing with various aspects of community-based education. Includes both theoretical essays and program descriptions. (DMM)

Highlights the award-winning publicity and public relations efforts of the College of DuPage (IL); La Guardia Community College (NY); St. Louis Community College (MO); San Diego Community College District (CA); Johnson County Community College (KS); Mohawk Valley Community College (NY); and Tarrant County Junior College (TX). (DMM)

Walla Walla Community College used a seven-step strategic planning process to develop an agricultural program reflecting the needs of students and the agriculture community. (SK)

Reviews the major activities of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) in 1981. Outlines goals and missions to be accomplished in the future. Includes a financial report and analysis. (WL)

The purpose of this study was to determine the skills and knowledge that two groups of employers, marketing executives and training managers, felt two-year college marketing graduates should possess for initial employment. (Author/CT)

Reviews the findings of the 1952 California Study of General Education and their current applicability. Considers reasons for supporting general education, instructional approaches in use in 1952 (i.e., great books, liberal arts, survey of fields of knowledge, functional courses, infusion approach, and composite of approaches), and fields using…

Offers advice on revising the general education curriculum based on Miami-Dade Community College's (MDCC) experiences. Proposes a rationale, goals, courses and objectives for goal attainment and evaluation as essential components of general education. Describes MDCC's comprehensive program, which includes developmental education, a student flow…

Milwaukee (Wisconsin) has two schools that offer courses in word processing as a part of their business education curriculum. The author describes how the two programs were established. (MLF)

The author shows how cooperation between CETA, as a model training program, and two-year colleges can benefit future training programs as well as the colleges. (Author/CT)

Reviews institutional responses to and budgeting requirements of retrenchment. Presents and discusses nine guidelines for community colleges dealing with retrenchment, related to action rather than reaction, participatory budgeting, reexamination of priorities, consistently derived comparisons, financial projections, outcome measures, planning…

Cites six documents in the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with the development of instructional techniques that maximize student learning. (AYC)

Recommends a common sense approach to educational planning, as opposed to missionary or prophetic approaches, calling for facing retrenchment with clear statements of mission and priorities. Reviews issues of educational quality, financial support, and information needed for decision making related to program change. (AYC)