As community, technical, and junior colleges approach the 21st century, faculty shortages, an increasingly diverse student body, dwindling financial resources, and accountability mandates will require careful, action-oriented college planning. This two-part book presents 10 articles on the dynamics of planning and specific planning models, and another nine articles on emerging issues facing community colleges in the years ahead. These 19 articles are as follows: (1) "Proactive Planning: A Fourth-Generation Approach," by Dan Angel and Mike DeVault; (2) "Environmental Scanning," by James L. Catanzaro; (3) "Management and Change through the Planning Process," by Richard McDowell; (4) "Institutional Renewal," by Paul Elsner; (5) "Vision and Vitality," by Carl Kuttler; (6)"Value-Based Actions," by Peter M. Hirsch; (7) "Successful Linkages," by David Ponitz; (8) "Collaboration within the College," by Jerry Sue Owens; (9) "The Planning-Development Link," by Paul C. Gianini, Jr. and Wm. Michael Hooks; (10) "A Statewide Perspective," by Ronald J. Horvath; (11) "National Issues, Local Action," by David Viar; (12) "Equality of Opportunity," by Judith Eaton; (13) "Access and Diversity," by Flora Mancuso Edwards; (14) "Institutional Effectiveness," by Richard Alfred; (15) "Faculty and Administrative Renewal," by George B. Vaughan; (16) "Assessment and Success," by James L. Wattenbarger; (17) "Urban Community Colleges," by Ron Temple; (18) "Thinking Globally," by Richard K. Greenfield; and (19) "Information Technology," by Kenneth Rodgers. A 79-item bibliography is included. (PAA)