This document is a series of 1999 newsletters from the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. Reoccurring issues covered in the newsletters are technology and distance education, full-time and part-time faculty, state budget and legislative updates, accreditation, and areas of interest specific to California Community Colleges and the Academic Senate. Titles include: (1) "Fall Session Has It All: From Partnership to Drama"; (2) "Faculty Development Breakouts"; (3) "Participants Learn about State Budget Process"; (4) "Technology at the Fall Session"; (5) "The Impact of the Overuse of Part-Time Faculty"; (6) "Can Computers Replace Teachers?" (7) "What Makes Technology Mediated Instruction (TMI) Succeed?"; (8) "Leadership in an Educational Environment"; (9) "Learning Communities for Basic Skills Success"; (10) "Distance Learning in California Community Colleges"; (11) "Planning and Budget: The Wisdom of Title 5"; (12) "AB 420: A Shaky Beginning, or a Dismal Conclusion?"; (13) "Developing California's Plan for Perkins III"; and (14) "Senate's First Annual Curriculum Institute." (AF)