Presents six steps for organizing community forum programs: establish forum steering committees; enlist community organization cosponsors; involve local media; develop related activities and community events; provide for panelist and moderator practice sessions; and develop forum promotional plans. Includes action steps for the forum coordinator.…

Article focused on the concept of a cooperative and how it offers insights as to how a community college may work together with the community to develop a community-based educational program. (Author/RK)

Discussed a program of group discussion, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association, a New York-based, non-partisan organization for world affairs education, that may have all the features needed to enhance its community service involvement with a minimum of staff and expense. (Author/RK)

Tells how to plan a successful community forum. (DC)

Discussed the contributions of the community college and an innovative program to serve community needs. (RK)

Considered a five state study on cooperation and coordination in community education and summarized the suggested role for the community college and the community school in community/adult education. (Author/RK)

Discusses the attitudinal and fiscal barriers community colleges encounter as they introduce arts and humanities programs and considers the role of community college consortia in overcoming these barriers. Outlines five principles for consortium development and considers consortium-sponsored activities which can involve the public, along with…

Discusses a four-stage "marketing process" employed by a suburban community college in an effort to become more responsive to the needs of its present and potential students. (DC)

Career education can be important to thousands of previously neglected Americans if quality is improved and need for change is recognized. (Editor)

This article presented an overview of those elements of planning and implementation required for opening the Delano Center (in Delano, Calif.) with the hope that it might assist others facing similar educational needs. (Author/RK)

After providing a rationale for international education, describes Middlesex County College's: (1) International Studies Institute for faculty and administrators; (2) affordable overseas programs for students; (3) survey of international trade training needs; (4) international business promotion efforts; and (5) new international studies courses…

Article focused on the efforts of a public community college to establish a revenue-producing alumni program. (Author/RK)

Among the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration's three thematic program areas is Horizons '76, which will provide opportunities for citizens to participate in planning future achievements and commitments. Various Horizons '76 projects are described, with recommendations and directions for community college participation. (NHM)

Westbrook College, a residential college specializing in undergraduate education at the two year level came to grips with change through improving the teaching-learning process. (Author/RK)

Considered the development of La Guardia Community College, established under a mandate from the city of New York to be a cooperative education college becoming the first community college in the country fully committed to cooperative education. (Author/RK)