The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of selected educational leaders and policymakers relative to the desired governance structrue for the State's 43 public, two-year institutions. The State of Alabama has 43 public two-year institutions--22 technical colleges, 15 junior colleges, and six community colleges. The 43 two-year institutions have the same governing structure in that the institutions are regulated by the Alabama State Board of Education. Authority to regulate these institutions was given by the Alabama State Legislature in 1963. / Within the past seven year's plans have been developed in the State of Alabama which address a governance problem with the two-year institutions. Additionally, a Special Committee to evaluate the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, more recently, indicated that there is a problem with governance of the two-year institutions. The Committee recommends that a study of governance of two-year institutions be carried out. / Data were obtained from an instrument devised by the researcher. The instrument was designed to identify the subjects' perceptions of governance in four categories: (1)The perception of the type of acceptable state level governance; (2)The control of the two-year institutions and their funding; (3)The power vested at state level in carrying out policies of the two-year institutions; and statements relative to the establishment and control of two-year institutions in the State of Alabama. / The results of the study indicate that, according to the selected educational leaders in the State of Alabama, a single state level system of governance for all two-year institutions is the desired structure for the State of Alabama. / There is no difference in the type of state level governance desired according to the type of two-year institutions. Although the educational leaders, as a whole, indicated that the single system was acceptable, the presidents of vocational/technical colleges and junior colleges indicated that it is conceivable to have a vocational/technical system separate from junior and community colleges. However, this was not the perception of the presidents of community colleges, four-year colleges, or educational associations. / The study further revealed that there is no basic difference in the type of state level governance favored by educational leaders compared with those favored by non-educational leaders. The majority of the educational leaders and policymakers perceived a single system of governance for all two-year institutions as the desired structure. A majority of the educational leaders and policymakers indicated that the appropriate agency to give control and direction to the two-year institutions is the Alabama State Board of Education. The four-year college presidents, however, perceived that there should be a separate board at state level to give control and direction to the two-year institutions. / The conclusion of the study indicate that a single system for all two-year institutions is acceptable by both the educational leaders and the policymakers. The agency which will give control and direction to the single system will be the Alabama State Board of Education. This agency should have control of new college campuses, off campus programs, degrees offered, salaries, long-rang planning, and budgets. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-03, Section: A, page: 0971. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74435 |
| Contributors | HENSON, CHARLES JAMES., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 190 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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