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ADVOCATE FOR ADJUNCTS

A philosopher has been making waves — and enemies — in his battle for part-time instructors. Keith Hoeller (above) spends more than a little time at the State Capitol in Olympia, Wash., near his community-college teaching job: "It seemed to me the following groups had the power to change things: the college presidents, the union leaders, the legislators, and the accreditors." (Photograph by Daniel Sheehan)

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LOWER TUITION ISN'T THE WHOLE STORY: A study finds varying community-college enrollments among states.

FOR FINANCIAL-AID OFFICES, PLAN B: Colleges scramble to help students line up loans as lenders retreat from an uncertain market.

RESPONDING TO REALITY: Changes in higher education, like increasing costs and a more-diverse student population, will require changes in fund raising, a consulting company says.

FORMER COLLEGE PRESIDENT: A state senator has been chosen to lead California's community colleges.

DECISION NOT FINAL: North Carolina's community colleges, heeding the advice of the state's attorney general, said they would no longer admit illegal immigrants.

BOND-RATING UPDATE: Upgrades at several colleges, including a two-year-college district.

RIDDLE IN THE FRONT ROW: Unkempt, unpopular, unsociable -- no man is an island, but this community-college student came pretty close, writes M. Garrett Bauman.

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DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS: Two competing visions of education help explain the tension between jobs and ideas that all community colleges grapple with, writes M. Garrett Bauman.

NEW MATH: Some colleges are trying new ways to move students more quickly and smoothly through remedial math.

CAMPUS TREASURE: Instructors at City College of San Francisco make the college's Diego Rivera mural an everyday part of the curriculum.

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK: In rural areas, arts programs at colleges provide a rich diet for culture-starved residents.

12 TEACHING TIPS: Community-college instructors offer ideas for the classroom.

GOOD CITIZENSHIP: Most community-college leaders give little thought to the role their colleges play in their communities, George B. Vaughan says.

NONTRADITIONAL LEARNERS: Colleges are not keeping up with changes in the way adults pursue their education, says Charlene R. Nunley.

SCARCE INFORMATION: Students need to know much more about how to transfer to four-year institutions, Stephen J. Handel writes.

BOILING POINT: Bob Blaisdell reflects on the day he lost it in front of his students.

A SPECIAL ROLE: Rural community colleges are meeting the needs of a changing and increasingly diverse population, Stephen G. Katsinas says.

INFLUENCE OVERSEAS: Community colleges can play an important role in fostering world peace, writes David J. Smith.

CLASSROOM OBSESSIONS: Charlotte Laws says that too many instructors emphasize grades and attendance, to the detriment of creativity and responsibility.

CHALLENGES OF POVERTY: Kathleen Sheerin DeVore says it is her job to help students complete their assignments amid the chaos of their lives.

ATTENTION BILLIONAIRES: Big donors should consider giving to community colleges if they really want to help the nation's students, writes Catherine Stukel.