Sustaining fiscal support for community colleges has becoming increasingly difficult in an era marked by recurrent recessions, legislator reluctance to raise taxes, and intense competition for scarce resources from health care, K-12 education, and other pressing demands on state treasuries. After introductory chapters that provide historical, political, and economic perspectives on the fiscal environment in which commuity colleges operate, this volume describes institutional approaches to securing adequate funding in the face of fiscal uncertainty. Chapter authors provide guidelines for...

Take an in depth look at the current key issues and practices in budgets and finance for community colleges. In this volume, topics include:

• the contemporary challenge of meeting growing demands for increased student persistence and success,
• diminishing state support for higher education,
• new calls for accountability and ways to measure institutionaleffectiveness,
• the increasing reliance of many community colleges on grants and other sources of revenue, and
• college policies that have significant financial ramifications.

Take an in depth look at the current key issues and practices in budgets and finance for community colleges. In this volume, topics include:

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