This study of community colleges in general and Alaskan community colleges in particular is divided into eight areas: (1) community colleges in the United States, (2) the development of community colleges in Alaska, (3) history of the local events leading to the present development of the Tanana Valley Community College, (4) community interest in the development of a community college, (5) review of pertinent characteristics of Alaskan community colleges, (6) curriculum, (7) concerns (student population and their service by the college, justification of locating a community college in Fairbanks, advisability of employing part-time faculty, and the advisability of incorporating community college services into the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus), and (8) proposed future steps for the study. Two appendices are included: (1) 1970 feasibility study, and (3) statement of the Tanana Valley Community College Citizens Advisory Committee to the Legislative Interim Committee on Higher Education. (KM)