This paper examines the characteristics of an emerging new type of postsecondary institution, the noncampus college--its facilities, learning activities, organization, financing, students, faculty, and special problems. While maintaining traditional curricular offerings and classroom instructional patterns, noncampus colleges dispense with the fixed campus in favor of rented and donated facilities in many locations. The eight existing noncampus colleges vary in their responsibilities; some provide a full range of academic and occupational programs within a geographically large service area, while others are limited to special types of programs or consolidate all off-campus instruction within a multi-campus district. All maintain a headquarters for administrative and support services. Noncampus colleges exist to serve nontraditional students, particularly adult part-time students, and thus may emphasize alternative learning experiences and instructional methods such as televised instruction or contract learning. However, they remain classroom oriented, and appear unlikely to embrace the external degree or college without walls format. Despite some problems, noncampus colleges provide an efficient and flexible organizational pattern for postsecondary outreach efforts. (JDS)