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of the University at Berkeley.

"Through the director and a staff specialist of this Center we were able to obtain authoritative information about a subject of particular interest to us; namely, the experience around the nation with university extension centers and something of their effectiveness for meeting needs such as we face in North Carolina. The results of this inquiry were adverse to such centers, especially, if they are considered as an alternative to community colleges. The committee has prepared a brief memorandum on this subject which will be embodied in its final report.

"On the second day we visited the University of California at Davis. This institution, which was formerly an agricultural college, is in the full stride of current development as a general campus of the University. It was highly instructive to our committee to meet with the Chancellor and his administrative associates and receive an interpretation of the University and a frank analysis of problems as seen from the viewpoint of a component institution which is now in process of rapid expansion and change.

"That afternoon we visited the American River Junior College near Sacramento. This is a lecture in itself, and one that I must forbear to deliver here. But let me say that in three days that were filled with convincing evidence of a dynamic educational system, nothing impressed us more than this typical community college with its comprehensive program of instruction, adult education, night classes, community services, and collegiate activities as well. The community college is in the forefront of California's educational movement and it is a stimulating example to states, like North Carolina, that urgently need to open more doors to educational opportunity after the high school for young and old alike.

"On the last day we conferred with President Clark Kerr who generously answered a number of questions which we posed. We asked about his rationale and program of University expansion; his concept of University service to the people of the State; the relationship of the President of the University to the Chancellors and the faculties; the Coordinating Council. It is apparent from what he said that the state