It is both the best of times and the worst of times for America's community colleges. In the 100 years since their creation, these colleges have spread across the United States to become the largest sector of higher education, representing nearly 1,200 regionally accredited institutions within commuting distance of over 90 percent of the…

Private junior colleges for women in Boston are suffering from severe financial difficulties. The solutions at three schools, Garland Junior College, Pine Manor Junior College, and Mount Ida Junior College, are presented. (Author/PG)

Two-year institutions are looking to the private sector as alternative funding sources, and the role of foundations is becoming more prominent. Suggestions are offered for setting up a foundation. (LBH)

The Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) in California appears to be a very successful program with considerable promise for substantially raising higher education participation rates for low-income and minority group students. (Author)

With the passage of Proposition 13, California's community colleges lost an estimated two-thirds of their local revenues. As the largest such system, the Los Angeles Community College District is preparing for the hardest impact. Retrenchment, loss of local control, and legal difficulties are problems it faces. (JMD)

A financial analysis is presented that is based on cost experiences of over 2,000 institutions, covering the period 1972 through 1974. Institutions were rated as healthy, relatively healthy, neutral, relatively unhealthy, and unhealthy. Twenty-five percent fell into the healthy category; 14 percent, into the unhealthy category. (LBH)

Higher education, the California dream for well over 2 million undergraduate students, is turning into a nightmare. The Golden State's promise of unparalleled access to community colleges and universities is fast becoming a tarnished relic of the past. And this state of affairs is occurring at a time when the demand for higher education has never…

The first of seven sets of economic indicators for periodically measuring economic prospects for academic institutions is presented. The dominant finding is that the economic growth experienced by higher education in the past decade is slowing down. Key indicators include enrollments, total current revenue, total employment, capital contract…

The conflict between institutional mission and finance is stressed in this article based on a Brookings Institution study. This tension promises to grow as academe adjusts to a drop in the traditional college-age population, and as the promise of expanding adult markets is either realized or falls short of expectations. (MLW)