This digest reviews the role of community colleges in delivering remedial education. With demand for remediation increasing, community colleges are under pressure to provide, with very limited financial resources, the bulk of developmental courses for students. In finding effective solutions to this dilemma, policy makers should consider a broad base of information, including student demographics, characteristics of successful programs, and program assessments. This information, coupled with data on student age and ethnicity, extent of necessary remediation, and English as a Second Language needs can guide policy makers in allocating funds where they are most needed. Proactive strategies community colleges can take to help developmental students include foregoing the lenient, open-door policy for a more structured one that enforces prerequisites and mandatory courses. Collaborative partnerships between community colleges and their feeder high schools have also proven effective in reducing costs and lessening the need for postsecondary remediation costs. (YKH)