Describes the implementation of the Virginia Vital Information for Education and Work program at the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia Community College, considering access through the library and career resource center, the types of students served, uses of the system, and benefits. (DMM)

Second of four articles on community college programs for older adults, summarizes the content of seven booklets and monographs published between 1975 and 1980. Discusses works by Lillian Glickman and Benjamin Hersey; Carl Brahce; the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation; Roger DeCrow Holly Jellison; and Loretta Butcher. Includes bibliography. (AYC)

Offers examples of the use of volunteers in recreation and adult education programs. Describes Fanshawe College's local community advisory committees for continuing education centers. Identifies conditions for using volunteers effectively. Reviews Edison College's Talent Banking system which involves volunteers as visiting lecturers, career…

Describes two programs initiated at Columbia University to increase creative adult learning opportunities for older people: the Seniors Teaching Seniors Project and the Retired Faculty Linkage Program, which involves retired university personnel in work with community organizations. (DMM)

Cites and provides abstracts for six documents from the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with community development. Articles deal with both rural and urban development. (AYC)

Describes the Center for Continuing Education at the University of Texas at Dallas, which offers a noncredit, self-supporting continuing education program, and the factors contributing to its success. Focuses on internal characteristics, administrative support, and positive program outcomes. (DMM)

Cites documents in the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with a community-based approach to the administration of adult education; the "one-college" concept; community college relationships with industry; learning centers; developing and implementing continuing education programs for elderly homebound; and nontraditional delivery systems for…

Cites resources of the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges collection dealing with various aspects of adult education: the target population and their needs; accountability; methods of publicizing community college programs for adults; and descriptions of specific programs. (CM)

Contains John Hoffman's "Continuing Education for the Elderly," which describes Panola Junior College's (Texas) programs; Judith Seed's "Tutor Training for Business and Industry," on La Guardia Community College's (New York) Adult Learning Center; and "Secretaries as Professionals" by Jo Lynn Samuelson, describing Sierra College's (California)…

Explains John Wood Community College's (JWCC's) common market approach to educational cooperation, which allows students to access higher education at participating area colleges via educational service contracts. Considers the growth of JWCC and its institutional linkages. Offers a checklist of key activities for community-based contract…

Discusses the use of the Virginia Vital Information for Education and Work program at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, with particular emphasis on career planning and placement services and outreach efforts. Highlights special displaced workers programs with industry. (DMM)

Recommends, for the management of community college adult/continuing education programs, strategic planning to determine the unit's niche within the educational marketplace and interorganizational "coupling" as a means of cooperating with other organizations to foster innovation. Offers a case study of "coupling" at Allegany…

Proposes a "brokerage" model as an appropriate delivery system for open-ended community services. Describes the model's characteristics and cites the Council for the Continuing Education of Women at Miami-Dade Community College (FL) and the Center for Management Development at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (VA) as examples. (AYC)

Provides several examples of cooperation between community colleges and community schools in Oklahoma to provide services in keeping with the tenets of community education. (AYC)

Considers the application of purposive cooperative structures to guide community colleges in functioning effectively with other community schools and agencies. Provides examples of Charette, Delphi, and Community Forum models and examines established cooperative structures at Lane, Clackamus, and Denver Community Colleges. (CM)