近幾年來，社區大學在台灣的蓬勃發展，展現其迥異於現存僵化教育體制的色彩，而成為民眾活力在教育系統中的解放舞台。但是，社區大學如何能夠永續經營，卻有賴社區大學的法制化。社區大學的設立，雖是由民間力量形成；然而，法制化的工作，最終仍須由政府進行。這是體制外民間教改運動有成後，必須面對體制化的實踐瓶頸。這裡的實證矛盾循環，是任何社會運動成功後的宿命，也是社區大學法制化的難題。這個難題的處理，涉及到社區大學未來的興衰。因為在法制化的過程中，很容易造成理念上兩極－社會運動者與體制維護者－的衝突。這個衝突可大可小，但肯定會傷害社區大學的發展。它，可能導致非極端者的游離，也可能導致社區大學的工具化，甚至可能導致社區大學的消逝。如何弭平衝突，使社區大學法制化的理念與現實，能夠有整合與解套的機會，是一個相當困難的法律人任務，也是本文的論證嘗試：尋找社區大學法制化的出路。

For recent years, thriving community universities in Taiwan, which reveal their diverse vitality from the present rigid educational system, have become a liberal stage for the public who liven up in the educational system. However, the legalized system of community universities is the key to its sustainability. It is the public that contributed to the establishment of community universities, but the legalized system-also the turning point for practice beyond successful movements of educational reforms-should be promoted by the government. This positivistic paradoxical circle within and without the present system is not only the destiny of every successful social movement but also the difficulty of the legalized system of community universities. In addition, because the legalization process can easily lead to bipolar conflict between the social movement promoters and present system followers, the management of this difficulty is related to the coming prosperity of community universities. No matter what impact the conflict will bring, it absolutely endangers the development of community universities by distracting the non-enthusiasts, making community universities instrumentalized, or even leading to the fading of community universities. It is a very difficult task to terminate conflicts and integrate and liberate the ideal and actual legalized system of community universities. This is also the attempt of the study: find out a solution to the legalized system of community universities.