Proactive steps should be taken at the national level to ensure that rural America receives educational and economic opportunities comparable to those provided to the nation's urban regions. This report, by the American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC's) Commission on Small/Rural Community Colleges, details policy and administrative recommendations related to AACC's national agenda priorities. First, a discussion is provided of rural America's social problems, dispelling some common misconceptions about rural life and demographics. Next, general policy recommendations are reviewed, stemming from the Commission's suggestion that the AACC have one comprehensive concern that affects all Americans: economic viability for the nation, through the preservation of existing jobs, as well as the creation of new jobs in the manufacturing, agriculture, service, and information sectors of the economy. The policy and administrative recommendations adopted by the Commission in its October, 1992 meeting are then provided under the following headings: (1) Advocacy, including specific recommendations concerning economic development, tax and finance, and general education initiatives in rural areas; (2) Research, including several specific recommendations related to the development and operation of an information center for the community college movement, and to the coordination of data collection efforts; and (3) Education and Coordination, offering a recommendation on commission appointments and one on inter-commission cooperation. Finally, the commission's planned activities to support AACC's mission in fiscal year 1993 are outlined. (MAB)