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Peer reviewedGarland, Peter H.; Martorana, S. V. – Community College Review, 1988
Discusses political factors affecting educational leaders' ability to alter the constitutional and statutory status of community colleges. Reviews literature on policy formation for higher education and community colleges, and political culture at the state and subsystem levels. Describes a study of the relationships between political behavior and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Legislation, Government School Relationship, Leadership
Martorana, S. V.; Wattenbarger, James L. – 1978
After introducing the financial dilemmas which community colleges face, this paper states the approaches generally advocated for sound community college financing: negotiated budget under full state support, unit rate formulas, minimum foundation funding, and cost-based funding. Criteria related to those principles include: (1) consistency with…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedMartorana, S. V.; Smutz, Wayne D. – Community Services Catalyst, 1982
Offers results and analysis of responses to a survey of state directors of community colleges conducted to determine state-level awareness and concern about the coordination and delineation of spheres of responsibility among the educational segments providing lifelong learning opportunities, and approaches to addressing the lifelong learning…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Community Colleges, Coordination
Martorana, S. V.; Smutz, Wayne D. – 1979
Fourth in a series, this report provides a descriptive and analytical review of legislation affecting community and junior colleges which has been introduced or enacted during 1978. It includes factual information on the bills as reported by the states as well as an interpretative evaluation and synthesis of major developments. Legislation is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Download full textMartorana, S. V.; Garland, Peter H. – 1986
Since 1975, the Center for the Study of Higher Education, the Pennsylvania State University, and the National Council of State Directors of Community and Junior Colleges have cooperated in an annual study to identify and analyze pertinent state legislation affecting two-year colleges throughout the United States, to examine the issues which…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Programs, Community Colleges
Salazar, J. Leonard; Martorana, S. V. – 1978
A study was conducted of state postsecondary education planning commissions created by the Higher Education Act of 1965, Section 1202. The primary objective was to investigate positions expressed by commission members on issues of importance to postsecondary education. It also undertook to relate available objective factual data regarding the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Federal Aid
Martorana, S. V.; Smutz, W. D. – 1978
This document analyzes legislation enacted and proposed in 1977 relative to community and junior colleges nationwide. A survey of community and junior college state directors and actual legislative documents supplied data about state legislation and the impact of federal legislation. Following an introduction, the second section of the report…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Martorana, S. V.; Broomall, James K. – 1981
Based upon a survey of the community and junior college state directors in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, this five-part report presents an analytical and descriptive review of state legislation affecting community colleges. Part I discusses study methodology and describes the two survey instruments--one soliciting information on relevant…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Martorana, S. V.; Smutz, Wayne D. – 1980
Based upon a survey of the community and junior college state directors in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, this five-part report presents an analytical and descriptive review of state legislation affecting community colleges. Part I discusses study methodology and describes the two survey instruments--one soliciting information on relevant…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Martorana, S. V. – 1993
A study was conducted of state-level administrators of community colleges to examine the practice of baccalaureate degree-granting colleges and universities offering courses and programs of upper-division collegiate credit at community colleges. A two-part, open-ended question was developed to determine the level of practice and the extent of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advanced Courses, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges
Martorana, S. V.; And Others – 1991
Since 1975, the Center for the Study of Higher Education and the National Council of State Directors of Community and Junior Colleges have cooperated in an annual study to identify and analyze pertinent state legislation affecting two-year colleges throughout the United States, to examine the issues which attract public policy action and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Programs, Community Colleges
Martorana, S. V. – 1994
To gather data on the place of community colleges in the overall structure of American postsecondary education, a study was conducted of state-level administrators of community colleges regarding the practice of baccalaureate degree-granting institutions offering programs of upper-division collegiate credit at community colleges. Administrators…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advanced Courses, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges
Martorana, S. V.; And Others – 1985
Since 1975, the Center for the Study of Higher Education, the Pennsylvania State University, and the National Council of State Directors of Community and Junior Colleges have cooperated in an annual study to identify and analyze pertinent state legislation affecting two-year colleges throughout the United States, to examine the issues which…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Programs, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedKobesky, Edward L.; Martorana, S. V. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1987
Examines the legal concerns associated with antidiscrimination legislation and the increasing reliance on part-time faculty in community college. Discusses a study assessing Pennsylvania community college administrators' awareness of the intent of affirmative action and civil rights legislation with respect to the application of these statutes to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights
Beyond the Institution: Institutional Research for Inter-institutional Action. AIR Forum 1981 Paper.
Martorana, S. V.; Kuhns, Eileen – 1981
The role of institutional research in postsecondary education in view of the trend toward consortia, regionalism, and other manifestations of "communiversity" or interinstitutional action is evaluated. Attention is also directed to new modes for policy planning and decision-making. Four activities were conducted in order to better…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Programs, Comparative Analysis, Consortia
