Proceedings of a 1984 workshop on the roles of U.S. colleges in community health care are presented. The objective was to identify common aspects of the experiences of a sample of U.S. colleges that might be relevant to providing health service programs that are in accord with the World Health Organization (WHO) initiative of Health for All by the Year 2000. Presentations and panel discussions cover the following topics: agenda highlights of the 1984 World Health Assembly and expectations for the technical discussions of the Assembly; U.S. policies and perspectives concerning WHO's goal of Health for All by the Year 2000 and a discussion of this goal; the role of land-grant colleges in agriculture and engineering and a potential model for health care systems; rural health programs along the U.S.-Mexican border; the University of Texas Rural Health Program; the University of Arizona Rural Health Program; Working with universities outside the United States; Boston University-Suez Canal University Program; The City University of New York Urban and Rural Programs; rural and urban area health education centers; the University of North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program; Drew Postgraduate School Urban Health Program; a community college linkage program; and the University of Alabama-Community Colleges Consortium Program for Underserved Areas. Appended are the workshop agenda, a list of participants, and information on the workshop process. (SW)