Based on the idea that community colleges have a critical role in enhancing civic literacy through community-based programming and service learning, this volume provides descriptions of theoretical frameworks and practical models for incorporating community renewal into the college mission. The following articles are provided: (1) "Service Learning: Why Community Colleges?" by Lynn Barnett; (2) "Understanding Faculty Needs: An Institutional Imperative," by Leonard F. O'Hara; (3) "'Love Yourself Enough,'" by Marietta McCarty; (4) "Commitment to Community: Service Learning at Miami-Dade Community College," by Robert J. Exley; (5) "Incorporating Civic Literacy into Technician Education: Why? How?" by Elizabeth A. Mathias; (6) "The Engaged Campus," by C. David Lisman; (7) "In Good Company: A Ten-Year Odyssey in Pursuit of Civic Purpose," by Nan Ottenritter and Michael H. Parsons; (8) "Community College-Community Relationships and Civic Accountability," by Rosemary Gillett-Karam; (9) "Integrating Service into a Multicultural Writing Curriculum," by Robert W. Franco; and (10) "Sources and Information: Current Programming in Civic Literacy and Community Services," by Janel Ann Soule Henriksen. (BCY)