A shift in the fundraising landscape has prompted community college presidents to take a more proactive approach to winning the hearts and dollars of potential donors. This chapter focuses on how college presidents and foundation CEOs can work together to gain support from funding sources.

Author stressed that though community colleges might like to retain their independent stance, they will benefit by exchanging information and cooperating in noncompetitive areas. (Editor/RK)

Provides a brief description of successful distance-learning partnerships between rural K-12 schools and community colleges in Connecticut, Texas, New Mexico, and New York. Offers an in-depth analysis of how Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) has extended education to rural communities. Reviews issues in technology, life-long learning,…

Four Long Island two- and four-year institutions have developed a model program of faculty development for history instructors. The plan offers workshops and conferences organized into an ongoing, adequately supported program that enables teachers to periodically renew and deepen their skills. (Author/NHM)

Discusses the role of scholarship, rather than research, in relation to the community college professional. Examines the positive and negative influences that four-year institutions have had and continue to have on community colleges. Explores ways community colleges can achieve more stature among institutions of higher education. (DMM)

Explores the historical context of the Minnesota higher education merger of the 1990s and suggests some possible implications. Provides recommendations for the success of future higher education mergers, emphasizing the interest of students and the improvement of learning as the key goals of such a merger. (YKH)

States that, as flaws in the transfer process have been identified, innovative programs and policies to revive the transfer function within community colleges have been implemented. University and community college partnerships are facilitating smoother transitions for students through research, articulation arrangements, and campus programming…

Article analysed the conditions which are necessitating state control: changing manpower needs, competition for fewer and different students, leveling of state funding. (Editor/RK)

Emphasizes the qualitative and quantitative decline of transfer education. Recommends ways to revitalize the community college's transfer function through external and internal community involvement, including the public, four-year institutions and secondary schools and two-year college students, faculty, counselors, and administrators. Describes…

Describes the College Consortium for International Studies, a consortium offering overseas study opportunities for U.S. students in 18 foreign countries. Reviews the advantages and disadvantages of the consortial approach; how consortial membership works; and overcoming prejudice, inertia, and other obstacles. (DMM)

This chapter examines recent attempts to promote students' transitions into postsecondary education. In particular, it focuses on the evolution of career and technical education (CTE) to promote student transition by coupling more rigorous academic preparation with CTE programs.

Article provided a look toward the past and the future, highlighting the community colleges' links with both secondary and postsecondary education, as well as other community agencies. (Editor/RK)

An informal survey of administrative personnel at six community colleges in North Carolina elicited perceptions of the characteristics of the Southern Appalachian people, their socioeconomic condition, their cultural influences, and the importance of community college accessibility and transportation. Implications for community college governance…

Describes Black Hawk College's (Illinois) efforts to meet the needs of nontraditional students and the community through an associate in liberal studies degree, a division of interdisciplinary and alternative study through the university parallel program, credit for prior experiential learning, courses available at public libraries, and community…

Describes LaGuardia Community College's Middle College High School, an alternative school designed for potential dropouts located on a college campus. Considers the administrative structure, relationships with college departments, student selection, staffing, career education, availability of college courses to Middle College students, guidance…