By creating new programs for special categories of students and special interest courses for the community at large, community colleges have more than kept their enrollments up. They have called into question traditional definitions of students, curriculum, and faculty. (Editor)

Curriculum and instruction are not given enough attention at the community college. Instructors usually derive job satisfaction only from their interactions with students, Deans of Instruction often neglect leadership in curriculum and instruction due to other demands on their time, and institutions frequently devise curriculum in response to the…

Academic planning in the community college and factors that influence planning (faculty, internal dynamics, the community, budget) are discussed. It is suggested that community college planners examine programs to determine if they are: socially utilitarian, verifiably educative, and not readily available elsewhere. (BH)

The idea of general education has ebbed and flowed for generations. Recent calls for general education, appearing both in the professional and popular literature, demand an integrative curriculum that brings people toward common understandings. The content of what is taught matters less than that a continual effort be made to enhance social…

This report presents background on community college development and discusses four areas of concern. The first area is maintaining access for all students. Trends are toward tightening criteria for attendance. Colleges in some states will be forced to make clearer distinctions among the student groups they serve and for whom they expect to…

This paper considers data on community college students provided by the California Statewide Longitudinal Study (SLS) and the implications of this study for curriculum and educational planning in areas other than vocational education, with special emphasis on implications for the transfer program. First, a background is provided on the origins and…