Lynette Brown-Snow, vice president of marketing and government relations for the Community College of Philadelphia, is one of several community college leaders across the country who have taken up one of the challenges proffered by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in its 2012 report, "Reclaiming the American Dream:…

This report focuses on the increasing number of problems clustered around state coordination of academic programs in community colleges. State directors and their staffs are becoming concerned with preventing duplication and ineffectiveness and with positive long-range planning. Data are based on questionnaires mailed to state agencies responsible…

The purposes of this study were to: (1) analyze and categorize legal differences among public 2-year college systems; and (2) analyze selected institutional variables to determine the extent of operational differences among them. For the first purpose, state constitutions and statutes were analyzed; for the second, data were collected by mailed…

Traces the development of curricular diversity in community colleges and reviews the control and coordinating functions of curriculum governance in the community college systems of several states. Highlights the system of curriculum administration in Illinois, examining state-level and local processes. Contrasts formal definitions and…

Several speakers addressed this conference of the Southeastern Regional Junior College Leadership Program and the Mississippi Junior College Commission. (1) The balance of state and local relations (J.L.Wattenbarger) depends on current trends: the change from local to state or federal finance, national standards required by population mobility,…

Considers the impact of state power and authority on community college governance. Traces the trend toward increased state influence over institutional decisions in California and Florida. Looks at implications for the future. (DMM)

This study provides a brief overview of the current status of performance funding programs around the country, and compares California's Partnership for Excellence for Community Colleges with programs applicable to two-year institutions in five other states: Florida, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The comparative analysis…

A SURVEY OF EXISTING LEGISLATION, PLANS, AND PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING JUNIOR COLLEGES LED TO THE PREPARATION OF A SET OF SIX SUGGESTED GUIDELINES--(1) NEED FOR ENABLING LEGISLATION, CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHMENT, AND PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHMENT, (2) 15 SEQUENTIAL STEPS, NOT ALL OF WHICH MAY BE NEEDED IN EVERY SITUATION, (3) DEVELOPMENT BY THE…

Survey data reveal that, of the 72 recent legislative actions affecting community colleges labeled as significant by state directors of community/junior colleges, nearly 50 percent are concentrated in three areas: institutional growth, governance, and financial support. There is a great deal of state-level legislative support for the continued…

Discusses the increased influence of state legislative bodies on college governance and examines the need for effective lobbying on the part of college administrators. Provides guidelines for lobbying, recommending familiarity with key calendar dates, committee structures, the chairperson's power, the party in control, and the flow of legislation.…

This Report on Local Investments of Partnership Funds has been created to show how California Community College districts have been using their Partnership for Excellence dollars for the 1998-99 and the 1999-00 fiscal years. Each district's page includes information separated into the six PFE goal areas: (1) Transfer; (2) Degrees and Certificates;…

Describes a 1974 study of the relationships between state coordinating boards for community colleges and local governing boards in Arizona, California, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, and Wyoming; the legislative authority assigned to each board; and the degrees of authority in making policy decisions. (MB)

Reviews the Nebraska community college system which receives approximately 45 percent of operational support from the state yet is completely and effectively controlled at the local level. The system comprises three types of two-year postsecondary institutions: local junior colleges, area vocational schools, and state-owned and operated technical…

Reviews ERIC literature on the development of participatory governance structures in community colleges that secure the participation of students, faculty, staff, and other campus constituencies and the growth of state authority at the expense of local autonomy. (DMM)