These four issues of the third volume of "Trustee Quarterly" present 25 articles dealing with community college finance, administration and mission. Specific topics covered by one of more of the articles include: (1) selecting a college president; (2) accountability in college finance; (3) the political role of the community college trustee; (4) the functions of a college development office; (5) the working relationship between the trustees and the college president; (6) urban community college needs; (7) the role of the college in preserving the democratic form of government and the free enterprise system; (8) inflation and retrenchment; (9) reentry programs and lifelong learning; (10) long- and short-range planning; (11) the overall functions of the community college administrator evaluation; (14) decision-making frameworks for college governance; (15) the disadvantaged position of nontraditional, part-time students under federally funded financial aid programs; (16) the role of the trustee in affirmative action and reverse discrimination; (17) monitoring the college budget; (18) the impact of Proposition 13; (19) the community college as a social agency; (20) the challenges posed by declining enrollments and fiscal support; and (21) community services and activities. (JP)