State Legislation, Politics, and Community Colleges

Martorana, S. V.; Smutz, Wayne D.

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“…For example, when comparing the current study to the studies conducted by Drake (1977) and studies of legislation affecting community colleges (Martorana & Nespoli, 1977;Martorana & Smutz, 1978), items related to finance, accountability and evaluation, and energy emerged as issues of concern to all.…”

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“…Much attention has been focused on funding formulas because most do not take into account services of community colleges such as nontraditional learning, continuing education, and innovative efforts (Meeth, 1975;Moss & Gaither, 1976). According to Martorana and Nespoli (1977) state legislators are reluctant to fund community colleges at the level necessary to accomplish the purpose for which they were created.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Critical Issues Facing Community Colleges

Lounsbury

Young

Peters

1979

Community Junior College Research Quarterly

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This study assessed the critical issues facing community colleges in Tennessee and measured the degree of consensus among the policy-making bodies concerning the importance of the issues. Data were collected by means of a survey questionnaire administered by telephone and mail. A composite list of critical items was compiled by arranging the mean ratings of each item for the four respondent groups. Twelve items emerged as the most critical issues. Additionally, 18 items were listed as critical by one or more groups but the combined mean scores did not meet the criteria established for criticalness. F tests were conducted to determine if significant differences existed for the four groups. The results generally indicated a consensus among the four policy-making bodies concerning the critical issues. State and national implications are discussed.

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Critical Issues Facing Community Colleges

Lounsbury

Young

Peters

1979

Community Junior College Research Quarterly

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“…The literature provides ample documentation of this trend. "Government in the Sunshine" and other laws directed at issues outside of higher education have been shown to affect community college functions and have also taken their toll on institutional autonomy (Martorana and Smutz, 1980;Broomal, 1981, 1982;Martorana and Corbett, 1983;Martorana and Garland, 1984;Martorana and others, 1985). State legislatures, executive agencies, and coordinating bodies are becoming increasingly involved in college budgeting, personnel administration, program management, and planning (Zoglin, 1977;Darnowski, 1978;Campbell, 1978;Stalcup and others, 1978).…”

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“…Martorana and Smutz (1980) urge community college leaders to develop political skills. Striving to ensure that the state coordination or control is focused on appropriate issues and capitalizing on the potential advantages of greater coordination may be more productive strategies for community college leaders to pursue.…”

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Maintaining integrity in a state system

Puyear¹

1985

New Drctns Community Coll

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Increasing state control, which is adding to the complexip of community college governance, requires new skills of community college leaders.One of the major challenges facing a community college leader is ensuring that the comprehensive services and programs required by the mission of the college are available, are of high quality, are adequately staffed and funded, and are understood by the citizens of the service region. The governance process that makes this task possible became increasingly complicated with the rise of state systems of community colleges and other state level coordinating bodies.The governance of community college is handled differently in each state. These differences are great and span the philosophical spectrum from substantial local autonomy to very close state control. Any generalization about dealing with state level coordinating or governing bodies must, therefore, be examined for applicability and then carefully adapted to any specific situation. Nonetheless, the pervasiveness of state coordination and control and the effect that it can have on the operation, development, and philosophy of a community college makes it an issue of considerable importance.While it is tempting to equate institutional integrity with local autonomy, this simplistic equation often is not sufficient. If institutional integrity is considered to be the degree to which the institution is able to remain true to its basic mission, state level coordination can either D. Puyear (Ed.). Mmnlorning lnrrifulionol l n l r p r y . New Directions for Community Colleges, no. 52 San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, December 19R5

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Funding Community College Activities: A Senate and Presidential Comparison

Ashworth

Vogler

1990

Community Junior College Research Quarterly of Research and Pra

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State Legislation, Politics, and Community Colleges

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Critical Issues Facing Community Colleges

Critical Issues Facing Community Colleges

Maintaining integrity in a state system

Funding Community College Activities: A Senate and Presidential Comparison

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