Focuses on community colleges that are responding to the academic, financial, and cultural needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Programs and services are profiled that improve access, retention, and overall academic success. At the heart of this volume are best practices that rely upon the experience and successes of Minority Serving Institutions and that offer direction to mainstream community colleges seeking to meet the needs of their increasingly diverse student bodies.

This is the 127th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education series New Directions for Community Colleges.