This collection of articles addresses major questions of community college governance and highlights some of the changes that have taken place in governance over the past decade. The issue contains: (1) "State Power in a New Era: Threats to Local Authority," by Dale Tillery and James L. Wattenbarger; (2) "Power on the Periphery: Faculty and Student Roles in Governance," by Richard L. Alfred; (3) "Governance and the Shifting Role of the Board of Trustees," by Edmund J. Gleazer, Jr.; (4) "Collective Bargaining: The Conflict Model as Norm?" by Richard J. Ernst; (5) "Governing the Multiunit District: A Decade of Change," by Benjamin R. Wygal; (6) "Toward a New Paradigm: Governance in a Broader Framework," by William L. Deegan; (7) "Developing and Maintaining Governance," by James F. Gollattscheck; and (8) "Sources and Information: Community College Governance," a bibliographic review of ERIC literature by Jim Palmer. (HB)