How to order The Chronicle's special report on Community Colleges

This special report examines issues confronting community colleges -- which now educate about 45 percent of undergraduates nationwide, and are being asked to bolster their local economies while equipping a growing number of academically at-risk students with the tools to succeed in the global economy. Among the articles in this report:

• Colleges are experimenting with supplemental instructors; databases to aid area businesses; e-portfolios to help students focus on their work; life skills for the disabled; and a drive for faculty diversity.
• Fund raising has long been a priority at four-year institutions. Now it is high on the agenda for many community colleges, too.
• Short, flexible study-abroad packages aid two-year students in challenging circumstances.
• Honors programs provide rich educations at affordable prices.
• A Profile of Presidents: Who the chief executives are and how they go about their jobs.
• Kent A. Farnsworth outlines four lessons community colleges can learn from their for-profit competitors.
• Community colleges are often considered removed from controversies over academic freedom. But that, says Ann H. Franke, is a misconception.
• Richard A. Donovan bemoans how unstable living situations can undermine the work of many talented students.
• Too many community-college Web sites are mazes rather than informative gateways for prospective students and their parents, says Clifford Adelman.

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