Community colleges should consider the advantages of providing Internet access to students, faculty, and non-teaching staff. Connecting more than 30 million users around the world, the Internet is a network of computer networks which allows people to send messages and retrieve files from users around the world. The World Wide Web, accessed via the Internet, is a set of software tools that allows users to access hyper-text linked information. One of the advantages of Internet access over audio and video courses associated with distance learning is its interactive capacity through electronic mail, as well as the ability to integrate audio, video, text, and graphics in one lesson. Although community colleges make use of computers in nearly twice as many courses as do four-year institutions, many schools still provide only limited access. Yet, the Internet has the potential to encourage significant cost savings through the efficient sharing of resources and to generate new revenue sources through distance learning courses. Other advantages of the Internet include opportunities to enhance public relations, student recruitment, faculty development, and students' critical thinking skills in that they must evaluate information they find; provide teachers with a learning experience that helps them empathize with students; encourage student-teacher communication; and encourage a sense of community at the college. Drawbacks of Internet access are the potential of plagiarism among students and the costs of upgrades. (TGI)