Editorial
Do you believe in miracles?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2 


Liberal Arts Education
Community Liberation via the First Two Years' Curriculum . . . . . . 5
	Ken Borland, Montana State University

Mathematics: Keystone to Student Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
	M. Vali Siadat,  Richard J. Daley College, IL
	Paul M. Musial, Richard J. Daley College, IL
	Yoram Sagher, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL

Summer Sessioner
Spending the Summer at a California Community College . . . . . . . 23
	Linda Serra Hagedorn, University of Southern California
	Consuelo Rey Castro, East Los Angeles City College

Vocational Education 
Professional Development Needs Assessment for Secondary 
Vocational and Technical Education Teachers Related to 
Students with Special Needs: Tables 1-6 . . .  . . . . . . . . . .  33
	Samuel E. Cotton, Ball State University, IN

Instruction
Learning Style Preferences Relating to Adult Students  . . . . . .  41
	Reneé L. Cambiano, University of Arkansas
	Jack B. De Vore, University of Arkansas
	George S. Denny, University of Arkansas

Journal of the Plague Semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
	Deborah Bice, Kent State University, OH

Community College Student Satisfaction with the Online and 
Teleclass Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
	Beverly L. Bower, Florida State University

Lifelong Learning
Community College Students Should Never be Treated Like Junk! . . . 58
	Fran Newman, Azusa Pacific University , CA

Not So Black and White: Finding Diversity 
Where We Least Expect It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
	Patrick Dilley, University of Southern California

Professional
Can Student "Hardiness" Serve as an Indicator of Likely 
Persistence to Graduation? Baseline Results from a 
Longitudinal Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
	Donald E. Lifton, Ithaca College, NY
	Sandra Seay, Mississippi Valley State University
	Andrew Bushko, Widener University, PA

Seventh Heaven
University of Hawai`i Community Colleges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
	Teresa Makuakane-Drechsel, Kamehameha Schools, HI
	Gail Makuakane-Lundin, University of Hawai`i

The Puente Project: Socializing and Mentoring Latino Community 
College Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
	Berta Vigil Laden, Stanford University, CA

Service-learning Brings New Dimension to Courses at MiraCosta . . . 100
	Lynn Pierce, MiraCosta College,  CA

African-American and Latino Conceptualizations of the Role 
and Value of Community Colleges: Results from a Study of High 
School Students and Counselors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  102
	Charles L. Outcalt, UCLA
	Barbara Tobolowsky, UCLA
	Patricia M. McDonough, UCLA

Why Am I Here? Student Reflections on Community College 
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
	Athena I. Perrakis, University of Southern California
	and her Students

Internet Guide
School-to-Careers Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  125
	Chris Zirkle, Indiana State University in Terre Haute

Student Voice
The Art and Science of Avoiding the Dissertation. . . . . . . . . . 126
	Jayne Higgins, Northern Illinois University

Perspectives
The Community College Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
	Bill Stifler, Chattanooga State Technical Community College, TN

Identity and Community in the Millennial Global Village . . . . . . 130
	Louie Edmundson, Chattanooga State Technical Community College, TN