Discusses the position of community services within the community college, examining reasons that community services have not and likely will not reach parity with instructional and guidance services. Describes Navajo Community College as an example of an agency for community uplift--the whole college designed as a community service. (DMM)

In fall 1986, as part of a study of community college involvement in the education of adults, telephone interviews were conducted with administrators responsible for continuing education and community services at 95 randomly selected public, two-year colleges. The interviews sought information on enrollment trends, funding, and course initiation…

This monograph provides a comprehensive overview of community college education in the United States. Chapter I reviews the social forces that contributed to the development and expansion of community colleges and the continuing changes in institutional purposes. The changing patterns of community college student characteristics are the focus of…

This book provides a comprehensive overview of community college education in the United States, emphasizing trends affecting two-year colleges in the past decade. Chapter 1 identifies social forces contributing to the development and expansion of community colleges and the continuing changes in institutional purpose. Chapter 2 examines shifting…

This monograph provides a comprehensive overview of community college education in the United States, emphasizing trends affecting two-year colleges within the past decade. Chapter 1 identifies the social forces that contributed to the development and expansion of community colleges and the continuing changes in institutional purposes. Chapter 2…