Citing a lack of research on administrative decision-making in multi-unit community colleges and a growing need for a management theory for such institutions, the article defines the decision-making process, presents 46 problem areas and suggests a locus of decision-making responsibility (campus, central, joint) for each, and reviews the…

Reports on a study of perceptions about the roles played by community college presidents during the reorganization of administrative structures from the division level through the president's level. Focuses on the perceptions of chancellors, presidents, and key administrators at two Texas community college districts. (DMM)

Describes the lengthy process of planning for library/media automation at the nine community college sites comprising the Maricopa Community College District, Arizona. Examines the computing environment and existing communications network which made this automation possible. (Author/DMM)

The first in a series of annual student profiles, this report provides data on student demographics and enrollment trends from spring 1994 through spring 1997 at the three colleges of California's Los Rios Community College District: American River College, Cosumnes River College, and Sacramento City College. Following a brief introduction, data…

This document reports on part-time faculty compensation in California Community Colleges, based on a literature review of bargaining contracts and salary schedules, data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, and the California Community College Chancellor's Office. Also, a statewide…

Describes the Los Rios Community College District's district-coordinated institutional research model. Considers the coordination of centralized and campus-based research, types of research conducted, quality control, the district research council, setting research agendas, program implementation and monitoring, information dissemination, and the…

States that the fundamental challenge to Arizona's Maricopa County Community College District is how to carry out an urban-based social agenda with scarce resources, unenthusiastic support from state-level policy shapers, and the district's own internal disagreement about mission and purpose. Discusses the programs developed by Maricopa to respond…

This article reports the special efforts of the largest community college district in the country to assist its largest ethnic group to succeed. The Los Angeles Community College District consists of nine campuses; the Latino student population ranges from 22-75 percent of the total number of students. In this article, using questionnaire data…

Based on on-site review team visits conducted during spring 1982, this report evaluates the Educational Campus Child Development Centers (CCDC's) operating at 9 to the 10 campuses in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). After introducing the evaluation project and its participants, the report outlines the educational philosophy of…

Designed as a forum for research and discussion of issues relevant to community college researchers and planners, this journal issue begins with Kathryne Baratta-Wilders' discussion of the role of institutional research in the community college and her suggestions of ways for improving its status within an institution. Next, C. Nelson Grote…

An articulation effort between secondary and postsecondary occupational education is described in this report as conducted by the Dallas County Community College District. After an introduction to the articulation project emphasizes the original goal of developing material necessary to award postsecondary credit for mastery at the secondary level,…

Tables and graphs are presented to compare student enrollment at the Maricopa County Community College District to the number of credit hours generated by that enrollment. Specifically, the report presents data on the number of students enrolled in the district and compares the data to the number of student credit hours generated for the entire…

Enrollment in the Los Angeles Community Colleges in fall 1978 dropped to 124,523, a 3.7% decrease from fall 1977. Instructional Television and West Los Angeles College showed the only increases, although the increase at West (and the decrease at Trade-Technical College) were related to the administrative tranfer of the Airport Center from Trade to…

Highlights of a study of student enrollments in the various instructional programs offered by the Illinois public community colleges for Fall 1977 are presented. Each instructional program was classified by the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) taxonomy, and student enrollment data, as reported by the colleges, were compiled for…

This document presents a plan for a new district-wide college, the New Dimensions College, which would incorporate a wide range of external, nontraditional programs, moving such concepts out of the realm of experimentation and into the realm of active application. The total approach presented here would have the entire Los Angeles Community…