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)

Examines the budget reduction crisis at New York City Community College and the retrenchment models which were implemented. (MB)

Analyzes the concepts of "planning and reallocation" and "pruning and grafting" as approaches to reducing academic costs when reductions are inevitable. The former concept involves long-range planning and organizational analysis of present programs and future goals; the latter focuses on elimination and consolidation of courses in accordance with…

Cites ERIC documents dealing with state finance and planning, federal aid, college management and planning systems, and nontraditional education and community services programs in a time of financial exigency. (MB)

Competition for public revenues will force colleges to establish priorities regarding social roles, curriculum, students, kinds of community service, tuition, and financial policies. Struggle to control policy by faculty, administration, local and state agencies is discussed. (RT)

Reviews the reasons why community colleges are not getting their share of the federal funds awarded to post-secondary institutions and proposes methods of remedying the situation. (DC)

Proposes an approach to "marketing" the community college and thus increasing its support, enrollments, and financial backing. (DC)

Offers a set of criteria for evaluating the impact of state funding plans on the diversity of a college's mission; educational quality, outcomes, and effectiveness; educational access and equity; and "fair share" divisions of resources. Considers alternatives to enrollment-based funding. (DMM)

Delineates strategic steps for conducting successful tax election campaigns drawing from the experience of Henderson County Junior College, Texas. Focuses on ways of determining the nature, direction, and strategies of the campaign; campaign leadership and volunteer recruitment; personal contacts; and publicity techniques. (DMM)

Using California as an example, the authors illustrate how a state legislative decision relating to funding of the state university system effects the financial and academic conditions of the community colleges. (DC)

This document reports on the funding history of City University of New York (CUNY) from the 1991 fiscal year to the 2002 fiscal year. The report focuses on three main sources of university funding: tuition and fees, state aid, and local city support. Key findings include: (1) funding from local city support has dropped since 1991; (2) state aid…

This paper presents a set of recommendations from the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges that can be applied by local academic senates as they create and improve their local planning and budget processes. Recommendations include: (1) planning should drive budgeting, never the reverse; (2) planning, in an academic context, should be…

This document provides summary statistics for the 74 public community and technical colleges in Texas. Section 1 presents the tax base, collections and total assessed tax rates for the 50 community college districts; total education and general fund expenditures; and federal financial assistance. Section 2 offers a one-page "snapshot" of…

This report provides data tables that show various institutional characteristics of the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS), including enrollment, finance, programs, and staff. In addition to providing the latest data for each college in the system, the report helps draw long-term trends by including systemwide data from 1991 to 2000. Report…

This report provides various facts about Austin Community College (ACC) (Texas). It addresses general school information, budget and finance, credit programs, college credit student profile, credit degrees and awards, campus demographics, alternative credit and adult education, faculty and staff, and facilities and instructional sites. The college…