How did Washington create a clear organizational structure that assigns responsibility for each aspect of transfer policy to the group that is best suited to manage it (Kisker, Wagoner, and Cohen, 2011)? In this chapter, the authors will introduce the agencies, organizations, and entities that have played a key role in gathering information,…

Practitioners at individual community colleges and in-state agencies recognize the struggles of disadvantaged students, yet their combined efforts do not overcome the policies and practices that are contrary to advancing and aiding large student populations. In this article, an empirical investigation is briefly outlined, and the complex issue of…

Article provided additional resources on state coordination, supplied by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. (Editor)

Article discussed how state planning can help the formerly independent parts of postsecondary education work together to build an effective, pluralistic system. (Editor/RK)

As examples of the trend towards decision-making processes resting on the interaction of various legitimate public sector interests, the author considers outside forces producing operational strictures within the system, including executive orders, lapsing and allotment procedures, accounting requirements, information demands, legal opinions,…

Discusses the role of state agencies in assisting community colleges to meet declining resources. Four priority areas, outside the routine administrative functions, are outlined: (1) information and accountability, (2) communication and advocacy, (3) funding, and (4) change agent responsibilities. (MB)

Article focused on educational problems in New York...who will be coordinated by whom, how can coordination be separated from control, what are the goals, who is accountable to whom, and how can it all be paid for...these are the major questions. (Editor/RK)

Coordinated data collection and use are needed to improve management, increase accountability, meet demands for information, and prevent havoc in administering cooperative ventures. (Editor)

Increasing state involvement in the decision-making processes of Connecticut community colleges limits the autonomy local college administrations need to achieve objectives and respond to local needs. Four areas of operation particularly affected by this trend are expenditure control, personnel, data processing, and facilities development. (LS)

Control is a balance between decision-making at the state and institutional levels. In Mississippi, locally controlled two-year institutions with state coordination from an effective community college system, which will meet future needs if imaginative and diverse local participation in statewide concerns continues. (LS)

Explores forms of impact between community colleges and state and local agencies. Emphasizes the relationships between institutional goals and agency needs. Outlines strategies for improving understanding of institutional impact through the identification of consensual goals and the exchange of information about institutional goals and program…

In theory, Illinois community colleges are governed and controlled by local boards; in reality, much of this control has shifted to state agencies such as the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Specific areas affected by this shift are budget, courses and curriculum, leases, and renovations. (LS)

Considers those factors which impinge on local control in the Florida community college system, as well as existing opportunities for local input. Points to possible future effects of proposed legislation to create a new State Community Colleges Coordinating Board. (LS)

Identifies pertinent constituencies that interact with state-level community college governance and coordinating bodies in assessment; data and information needed for and used with these constituencies; the balance of potentially conflicting pressures and ideas about institutional autonomy and state uniformity and control; and mechanisms for…