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\b\f2\insrsid541071\charrsid10356451 Dr. Freda R. H. Martens
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 focuses on the "Governance of the State University of New York Community }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 Colleges." This paper is the second in a series of publications}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 
discussing topics of general interest to those seeking to learn}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071 more about the history, governance, operation and development of}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 the State University of New York college system. As in}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 Topical}{\f2\fs26\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid5398271  }{
\f2\fs26\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 Paper Number 1,}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071  the reader will find the footnotes of special}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  interest.
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Dr. Freda R. H. Martens, the retired Dean of Planning and Information Services at Dutchess Community College, is the }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 author of this paper. She was also the author of Topical Paper}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
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 to recognize the work of Charles Burns, its Director of Educational Services, who made a substantial contribution as editor of this paper.
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community college faculty, students and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  programs. Dr. Martens will also serve as the author of this upcoming paper.
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New York State's constitution does not mention higher education,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 let alone governance of the state's community colleges.(1) The}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
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\f2\fs26\ul\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071 Final Report of the Temporary Commission on the Need for}{\f2\fs26\ul\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071 a State University}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
 advocated a community college program. A Governor's press release later said such a program ought to be }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 conducted directly by the state in some areas and partly by the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 state in others.(3) This concept of joint but divided state and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071 local responsibility evolved from a compromise between those who}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  favored the establishment of a local community college program assisted by the state and those who wanted the new two-year colleges to be state-operated, funded and controlled. The }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071 
eventual enabling community college legislation of 1948 provided}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071 for a one-third sharing of operating costs between the state, the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
 local sponsor, and the students, and a fifty-fifty division of }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071 capital costs between the state and the local sponsor, but it did}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
 not specify the same levels of responsibility where the gover\-nance of the community colleges was concerned. Statutory law }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071 placed overall responsibility for governance at the state level,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  in the hands of the State University's Board of Trustees. It gave local policy-making responsibility to community college boards of trustees.
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\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li0\ri72\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin72\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
The rapid growth of community colleges and the increased complexity of their mission, caused all community college con\-}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 stituencies to provide increased fiscal support for the colleges}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 in the early 1970's. Furthermore, the statutory option available}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  to the sponsors to handle }{\f5\fs26\expnd1\expndtw8\insrsid541071\charrsid8456814 financial}{
\f37\fs30\expnd1\expndtw8\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 affairs of the colleges }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-1\insrsid541071 directly through the "Plan A method" (line-item type controls),}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 led to difficulties at some institutions, upsetting an intricate}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  balance of power.
\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri144\sa252\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin144\lin0\itap0\pararsid2581096 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f5\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid2581096 As the impact of ambiguity in governance roles bet
ween the state and the local sponsors of the community colleges grew, the State }{\f5\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-1\insrsid541071\charrsid2581096 University trustees took action in 1972. Statutory law gave the}{\f5\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid2581096 
 University overall responsibility and clearly specified jurisdic\-}{\f5\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid2581096 tional powers over the community colleges. Although amendments}{\f5\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid2581096 
 and revisions to both law and state regulations were recommended by many as a way of resolving any ambiguity in governance mat}{\f5\fs26\super\insrsid541071\charrsid2581096 \-}{\f5\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid2581096 
ters, it was the State University trustees who sought ways to }{\f5\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid2581096 "align the community colleges more closely to the overall educa}{\f5\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid2581096\charrsid2581096 t}{
\f5\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid8456814\charrsid2581096 i}{\f5\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid541071\charrsid2581096 onal, administrative, and fiscal structure and program of the}{\f5\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid2581096  State University."(4)}{
\f5\fs26\insrsid2581096\charrsid2581096 
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The idea of realignment to achieve a redefined and strengthened}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 community college governance structure was eventually set forth}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 in the 1976}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 Final Report of the State University Trustee Commit-}{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071 
tee on the Special Problems of the Community Colleges.}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  The }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 report pointed out that any discussion of governance would have}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 to focus on the interrelationships between each of the constit}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 \-uencies of the community colleges because each had different }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 
goals and objectives--all of which had to be considered if their}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  place as participants in the statewide system was to be made effective.(5)
\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 State University}{\f2\fs26\super\insrsid541071 '}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
s Trustees also recognized that, although the }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 optional selection of plans A, B, or C under statutory law was a}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  problem that might ultimately require legislative action, a }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 clarification of the roles of the state (State University), the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071 sponsors, the local trustees, the presidents, and the faculty, in}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 the "Code of Standards and Procedures for the Administration and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
 Operation of the Community Colleges under the Program of State University of New York," would mitigate against the potential difficulties inherent in the Plan A option.(6)
\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li0\ri216\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin216\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 Thus, a series of policy statements was prepared by the State }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071 University supporting the new full opportunity (open enrollment)}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  program for the community colleges, strengthening curricula offerings, revising budget and report procedures, and, most }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071 importantly, in delineating the responsibilities of the various}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  constituencies of the community colleges. The roles of all participants were clarified in the Code so that governance }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 remained a joint but carefully delineated effort of many, with}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  the State University providing the central coordination as required by law. This governance arrangement is spelled out below.

\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 State University Coordination of the System of Community Colleges}
{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri72\sa120\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin72\lin0\itap0\pararsid3033432 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 The Carnegie Commission said in 1970 that state-level coordina
\-tion of community colleges ought to deal with state planning, the acquisition of adequate state financial aid for local operations, and the establishment of general criteria and standards for community college operation.(7) In New York, the State Univer
\-sity has always possessed these governance responsibilities. State University trustees are legally mandated to approve the establishment of community colleges in conformance with their }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
approved master plans and to establish standards and regulations}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  covering community college organization and operation. State University trustees are responsible for the overall policies }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 regarding community college programs, courses, curricula, financ}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-ing arrangements, state financial assistance to the colleges, and tui
tion charges and fees, including chargebacks.(8) These}{\f2\fs26\insrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 matters are set forth not only in law, but also in various }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
sections of the "Code of Standards and Procedures for the Admini}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-stration and Operation of Community Colleges under the Program of the State University."(9) Issues related to the internal func\-
tioning of the community colleges alone are handled by policy and }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 guideline memoranda from the State University Chancellor or his}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 designee to the college presidents and codified in the }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Policy Handbook-State University.(10)}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li0\ri72\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin72\lin0\itap0\pararsid3033432 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 Central offices of the State University carry out the trustees'
}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  policies for the community colleges on a state-wide basis. The }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071 Division of Finance and Business receives and analyzes community}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 college budgets submitted annually according to prescribed sche}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 \-dules and formats. Uniform accounting and reporting procedures in financial matters are established with the approval of the 
}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 Division of the Budget. The Division of Academic Affairs coordi}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 \-}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071 nates the community college curricula and oversees their develop}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 \-ment and review. Data collection and analysis is also coordi\-nated by this Division. It is left to the local community college board of trustees to develop all the necessary local policies and a
pproval processes required for compliance with state-wide policies, guidelines and procedures.(11) Statutory-required, quadrennial master plans are developed centrally as }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 
required by law but local colleges assist in identifying future}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  directions. All new programs and facilities proposed locally }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071 
during a master plan's implementation cycle are submitted to the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 State University Trustees for approval and master plan amendment.}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li72\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin72\itap0\pararsid3033432 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 The Community College Office is particularly concerned with the
}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071 coordination of all the shared duties and}{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid3033432                 }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071  responsibilities of the}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  State University trustees and the local community college }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 trustees. The Deputy to the Chancellor for Community Colleges,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 
who heads this office,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid8456814 is the visible link}{\b\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 between the Chancel}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 \-}{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071 lor, other central administrative offices and the local colleges.}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 
His office is where all local boards of trustees and presidents}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  can find help and information in discharging their governance responsibilities. Not only unity but also consistency is pro\-moted the
reby, in what is essentially a complex, centralized-decentralized system of community colleges.(12)
\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li72\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin72\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071 The Role of the Local Sponsor}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li72\ri144\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin144\lin72\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 All thirty community colleges have local government sponsor\-}{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 ship(s). When the colleges were initially established, the local}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 sponsor's financial contribution was set at one-third of opera}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 \-ting costs, but the chargeback arrangement of 1953 rapidly }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 reduced this proportion of local support in some cases, making}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
 considerable variation in the financial obligations of the sponsors.
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\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li72\ri144\sa252\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin144\lin72\itap0\pararsid3033432 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 
Yet sponsor impact in some areas of community college governance}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 remains a concern. These pressures are felt more readily in Plan}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 A colleges because their financial arrangements lead very easily}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  to detailed sponsor decision-making }{\f5\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid8456814 in}{\f37\fs32\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 matters affecting educational policy.(13) Potential problems of this kind have been }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 reduced since the roles of all community college constituencies}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071 became clearer and more widely understood after 1972. No college}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  follows the Plan B option. Most colleges follow the Plan C }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 
arrangement officially but, in fact, nearly all of the colleges}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  today operate under some modification of the A and C plans.
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\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li0\ri72\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin72\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071 
Possible governance difficulties have been largely eliminated for}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071 one college (Corning) under the amended community college law of}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071 1984, which allowed Corning to operate with a new regional board}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
 of trustees. No county actions on budgets, within specified limits, or audits are required. Title to real and personal property vests in the regional b
oard of trustees. The regional board of trustees are deemed to be "municipal" employers and "public" employers respectively where personnel and collective bargaining matters are concerned.(14)
\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071 The Role of The Local Board of Trustees}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li0\ri144\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin144\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 Each community college is locally controlled by a board of }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 trustees. These boards are public entities, operating under the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  supervision of the State University trustees. Local boards of trustees are ten-member, policy-making bodies with broad, yet }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 limited, powers mandated by the State Legislature.(15) Five of}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 the trustees are appointed by the local county legislatures and}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  four by the Governor of the State. These }{\f5\fs26\expnd1\expndtw8\insrsid541071\charrsid8456814 nine}{\i\f37\fs28\expnd1\expndtw8\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 trustees serve }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 
nine-year terms, appointed in a staggered fashion to insure both}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 experience and fresh ideas for each Board. One student member is}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
 elected by the college's student government association for a one-year term.
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\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li0\ri144\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin144\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 
Local trustees have the legal right to adopt curricula of a post}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 -high school nature, with the guidance of State U
niversity and subject to its approval.(16) Academic programs must also be registered with the State Education Department. Community }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 college trustees must approve local college budgets before local}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 government approval is sought and prior to submission to State}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 
University. (The new regional board of trustees sends its budget}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 directly to the State University.(17) Local trustees discharge}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid541071 such other duties as may be necessary for the effective operation}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  of their colleges, subject to the general supervision of the }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 
State University trustees.(18) The community college trustees'}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  single most important responsibility is the appointment of college presidents.
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The local community college boards of trustees may acquire real}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 and personal property by gift, deed, bequest, or lease for the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
 purposes of the college. Although title to all land and build\-ings is held by the sponsor (except in the case of the new }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071 regional board of trustees), it is the college trustees who must}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
 }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 care for the lands, grounds, buildings, and equipment of their}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  colleges.(19)
\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li0\ri72\sb72\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin72\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 As overseers of the college, they approve student government }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 organizations, provide for the audit of all accounts, and render}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 reports to all appropriate governmental bodies as required.(20)}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 All of these governing activities are accomplished at regular and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
 special meetings of the trustees and through the work of their standing committees. As public officers, the community college }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 trustees are subject to the state's open meetings law.(21) Board}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  Policies often are recorded in policy manuals.
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The local governing boards are in a very real sense more than advisory councils because they also serve as corporate bodies, undertaking major governance duties and responsibilities for }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 
their own colleges within the State University system as a whole.}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071 The Role of the President}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
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The president serves as the chief administrative officer of the local community college and, along with the local trustees, is responsible for the internal management of the college, its operations, and 
local external relations. He/she promotes the educational effectiveness of the college by carrying out the policies of the trustees based on the overall policies and guidelines of the State University trustees. He/she presents recommendations to the trust
ees for policy action on matters of }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 curricula, budget, salary and fee schedules, staff appointments,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  promotion, retention and retrenchment. He/she proposes the }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071 organizational structure of the college and plans for the develop}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 \-ment and management of all college facilities. He/she is the chief planning officer of the college, concerned with the main
}{\f2\fs26\super\insrsid541071 \-}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 tenance of existing resources and the acquisition of new resources. He/she submits an annual report and
 such other reports as may be required. He/she sees that a faculty handbook is prepared that includes an internal governance structure for faculty participation in academic matters.(22)
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\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li0\ri216\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin216\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-9\insrsid541071 Community college presidents are chosen in accordance with}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-9\insrsid541071 State}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  University guidelines for presidential searches. While the selection of a president is one of a local board's major }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071 responsibilities, presidential appointments require State Univer}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 \-sity Board of Trustee approval.
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071 The Role of Faculty}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
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Faculty do not govern their institutions, but they have a legiti}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 \-}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 mate and traditional right to be consulted on academic-matters.}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
 Faculty participate, therefore, in the formulation of policy }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071 dealing with student health, scholarship, admissions, attendance,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  
dismissal, curricula, subject matter, study programs, teaching }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 methods, the granting of degrees, research, staff/faculty evalu}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 \-}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071 
ation, student extra-curricular activities, student discipline,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071  and, in fact, all aspects of student life that relate to the educ
ational process. Furthermore, faculty, by tradition, make recommendations to their chairperson or dean regarding instruc\-tional budgets.
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The traditional forum for faculty governance is the academic senate (or its equivalent), with its
 wide range of standing and ad hoc committees. Although the community colleges continue to operate with their own varied forms of campus governance, the introduction of unionization and the collective bargaining of }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 terms and conditions of employment (on 29 of the 30 campuses) has}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  tended to affect the faculty roles. For instance, the develop\-
ment of procedures for such issues as appointments and reappoint\-ments, tenure, promotions, leaves of absence, and salary increases is usually a part of the collective bargaining process.
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The Faculty Council of Community Colleges is an elected statewide}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 body of community college faculty, with one representative per college. This Council studies matters relating to all community college faculty, education, policies, and programs. It provides community college faculty
 with the opportunity to express their opinion on statewide policy matters, to give advice to the Chancellor, to exchange ideas, and to work with the Faculty Senate of the state-operated campuses on affairs of mutual interest.(23)
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\ul\expnd0\expndtw4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 The Role of Students}{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
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Students have always been recognized as members of the academic}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  community. Their freedom to learn has been likened in many respects to the faculty's freedom to teach. These two concepts }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 of academic freedom complement each other in many ways and form}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 the theoretical framework upon which student participation in campus governance rests.
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Community college students, therefore, operate their own student}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  campus governments through their elected representatives.
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 senates regulate extra-curricula learning through student-sponsored events, organizations, and publications. Student representatives usually serve on faculty committees, helping to recommend academic policy.
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\par }\pard\plain \s24\ql \li0\ri432\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin432\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Students are permitted by state law to annuall
y elect student trustees under the rules and regulations of their student asso\-ciation and in accord with guidelines established by the State University's Board of Trustees. Elected student trustees are }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 granted full parliamentary rights and privileges, and by action}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  of the 1985 State Legislature, the right to vote.
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\ul\expnd0\expndtw4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Conclusion}{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri288\sa612\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin288\lin0\itap0\pararsid3033432 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 A fine balance of state and local control is evident in the 
}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 governance structure of State University of New York's community}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 college system. Governance structures, especially the internal structures, vary from one community college to another. The actual functioning of one college's (Genesee Community College) governance arrangements illustrates one of more traditional}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid8456814\charrsid3033432 st}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 ructures. In order to take a closer look at on-campus gover}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-
nance, a description of GCC's structure is appended to this paper.
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It is from a number of forces and many voices that a community of}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 interest emerges, making the overall governance structure of SUNY}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 community colleges--statewide and local--an effective vehicle for}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  the external and internal operations.
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\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid8456814\charrsid3033432 Notes }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 for "Governance of the State}{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid16715933  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 University}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  of New York Community Colleges"
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\par 
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Community colleges are mentioned in the state constitutions of Michigan, Oregon, Texas, and California. The state of Michigan's constitution provides for the establishment and }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
financial support of public community colleges, supported and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 controlled by locally-elected boards. The state of Oregon's}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 constitution empowers the state to use its credit for financ}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-}{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 ing higher educational institutions and activities, including}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
community colleges. The constitution of Texas provides that}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  junior college districts can levy taxes to maintain their junior colleges. California's constitution gives the legis\-
lature the power to provide for the incorporation of }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 community college districts by general law. Furthermore, the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 constitutions of Kansas, North Dakota, and Tennessee refer to}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  systems of higher education or public systems of higher }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 learning as including public higher educational institutions}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
and those units so determined by their respective legislative}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  bodies.
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f2\fs26\cf1\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \hich\af2\dbch\af0\loch\f2 2.\tab}}\pard\plain \ql \fi-504\li450\ri216\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx450{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf1\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang 
{\pntxta .}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin216\lin450\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 State of New York, }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Education Law,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Articles 8 and 126. The }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 thirty colleges are strategically located in all regions of}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 the state. Two of the colleges, Auburn and Corning, were }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 sponsored originally by school districts but the latter is}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 now the state's first regionally-sponsored community college}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  under the amended community college legislation of 1984. }{
\f2\fs26\insrsid8456814\charrsid3033432 (}{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Corning Community College was established in 1956 under the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  sponsor}{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 ship of the Corning-Painted Post area school district in}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
Steuben County. The school district found it financially}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 difficulty to maintain the quality programs and services}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 needed by the college. Chemung, Schuyler, and Steuben }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Counties make up the region for the "new" college.) Two}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
\par }\pard \ql \fi-144\li446\ri72\sa120\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx450\faauto\adjustright\rin72\lin446\itap0\pararsid16715933 {\f2\fs26\insrsid8456814\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
other community colleges, Erie and Suffolk, have multi-campuses; five other colleges, Adirondack, Columbia-Greene, Fulton-Montgomery, North Country, and }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
Tompkins Cortland, operate with dual county sponsorship. Six}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 community colleges were formerly state-supported institutes}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  of applied arts and sciences, and one was the former state-}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid8456814\charrsid3033432 supported Veterans}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 Vocational School at Troy. These former}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 state-controlled, two-year units became community colleges in}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 1953, upon the discontinuation of their full state funding.}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
The seven community colleges of New York City are now a part}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  of the City University of New York. Until 1975, the }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
community colleges of New York City were coordinated by State}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  University, with the 
Board of Higher Education serving as their single local board of trustees. When the Board of Higher Education became the Board of Trustees of the City }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
University of New York, the community colleges became a part}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  of this regional university system.}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071 
\par }{\f2\fs26\insrsid16715933\charrsid3033432 
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\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 , }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Report of the Temporary Commission on the Need for a}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \line }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 State University,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  1948, p. 16; and the Governor's Press Release, March 5, 1948.
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f2\fs26\cf1\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \hich\af2\dbch\af0\loch\f2 4.\tab}}\pard\plain \ql \fi-414\li630\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx630{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf1\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin630\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 It was also suggested at this time, that the two-year agri\-}{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 cultural and technical institutes become community colleges;}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 and that five, instead of four, of the community college trustees be appointed by the Governor. Although a draft }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 report of a State University Task Force in both November 1972}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  and December, 1972 contained this latter proposal, it was deleted from the January, 1973 version.
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\pndec\pncf1\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin360\lin648\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
State University of New York,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 The Final Report of the State}{\f2\fs26\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid16715933  }{
\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 University of New York Trustee Committee on the Special}{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid16715933  }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Problems of the Community Colleges,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  February, 1976, p. 9 (i.e., the so-called Wales report).
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\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin72\lin648\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Ibid,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 p. 10. New budgetary procedures also resulted from }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 these trustee decisions. The new procedures were tied to the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 development of the community college state aid requests and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  the evolution o
f a state aid funding formula with maximum limitations. Procedures for reviewing full opportunity }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 plans, for approving, retaining, and deleting programs were}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  also established.
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f2\fs26\cf1\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \hich\af2\dbch\af0\loch\f2 7.\tab}}\pard\plain \ql \fi-432\li648\ri288\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx630{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf1\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang 
{\pntxta .}}\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin288\lin648\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
The Open Door}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\ul\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Colleges-Policies for Community Colleges,}{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  June, 1970, p. 47.}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f2\fs26\cf1\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \hich\af2\dbch\af0\loch\f2 8.\tab}}\pard\plain \ql \li216\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx720{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf1\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin216\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 State of New York, Education Law, Section 355.1(c).
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\par }\pard\plain \qj \fi-432\li648\ri216\nowidctlpar\tlul\tx648\tqr\tlul\tx9792\faauto\adjustright\rin216\lin648\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 9.\tab }{
\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid6771818\charrsid3033432 ______,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid6771818\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Official Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the}{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid6771818\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\ul\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 State of New York,}{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Chapter V, State University-Subchapter D.}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 "Code of Standards and Procedures for the Administration and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
Operation of Community Colleges Under the Program of State}{\f2\fs26\insrsid6771818\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 University of New York}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid6771818\charrsid3033432 
," Parts 600-607. This }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 is regularly}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  referred to the "The Code."
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{\pntxta .}}\faauto\ls3\adjustright\rin3\lin630\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 State University of New York, }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Policy Handboo
k-State}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 University,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  1975.
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{\pntxta .}}\faauto\ls3\adjustright\rin72\lin576\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid6771818\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
Apart from these State University offices, other ones involved with community colleges are: The Office of Legal }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Affairs, the Office of Governmental Relations, the Office of}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 the Chancellor's Executive Assistant for Affirmative Action,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 the Office of Campus Facilities, and the Office of University}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Affairs and Development.
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{\pntxta .}}\faauto\ls3\adjustright\rin144\lin576\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 The central Office of Community Colleges also approves non-}{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 credit courses (remedial, vocational and community service)}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
for state aid, child care grants, contract courses for busi}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 ness and industry, grants for youth employment and the struc}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-turally unemployed, and other such programs.
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\faauto\ls4\adjustright\rin0\lin72\itap0\pararsid5398271 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 State of New York, }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Education Law,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Section 6304.6.
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f2\fs26\cf1\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \hich\af2\dbch\af0\loch\f2 14.\tab}}\pard\plain \ql \li72\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx630{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls4\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf1\pnstart13\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxta .}}
\faauto\ls4\adjustright\rin0\lin72\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Chapter 552 of the Laws of 1984 provided for the
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\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 sponsorship of community college regions. Regions could be}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  composed of two or more contiguous counties or school }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 districts, approved by the trustees of State University and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  eligible, therefore, to appoint members to a community }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 college regional board. Regional boards of trustees consist}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 of fourteen members, seven appointed locally, six by the governor, and one elected by the students.
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\faauto\ls4\adjustright\rin288\lin648\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Carnegie Commission, }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 op cit.,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  pg. 47, says that community college boards should develop policy decisions that are }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 responsive to the law and to centrally-devised guidelines.}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 This is, indeed, the responsibility of the local trustees in}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  the State University system.
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\faauto\ls4\adjustright\rin288\lin648\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 State of New York, }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Education Law,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Section 6303.1.c; and make }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 "such modifications, amendments and revisions as they (i.e.,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 State University trustees) may from time to time prescribe."}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Ibid.
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f2\fs26\cf1\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \hich\af2\dbch\af0\loch\f2 17.\tab}}\pard\plain \ql \li72\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx630{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls4\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf1\pnstart13\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxta .}}
\faauto\ls4\adjustright\rin0\lin72\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Chapter 522 of the Laws of 1984, }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 op cit.}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f2\fs26\cf1\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \hich\af2\dbch\af0\loch\f2 18.\tab}}\pard\plain \ql \fi-576\li648\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx630{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls4\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf1\pnstart13\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxta .}}
\faauto\ls4\adjustright\rin0\lin648\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 State of New York, }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Education Law,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Section 6306.6. Other }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 duties and responsibilities include the formulation of person}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-
nel policies (Code 604.2(a) and Code 604.2(b)(1)); and the initial approval of Full Opportunity Plans and consortia }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 memberships. Direct relationships with other state agencies,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 such as the legislature, Department of Audit and Control, and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 the Division of the Budget are left to State University's central office.
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f2\fs26\cf1\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \hich\af2\dbch\af0\loch\f2 19.\tab}}\pard\plain \ql \li72\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx630\jclisttab\tx720{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls4\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf1\pnstart13\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxta .}}
\faauto\ls4\adjustright\rin0\lin72\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Code, }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 op cit.,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 603.5(c) and 604.1(c).
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \fi-576\li576\ri504\nowidctlpar\tlul\tx1620\faauto\adjustright\rin504\lin576\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 20.}{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \tab }{\f2\fs26\ul\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid6771818\charrsid3033432 ____}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 , }{\f2\fs26\ul\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Education Law,}{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  6304.6. The Code 602.1(c) clarifies}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 the above even further and says that the trustees must see}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  that annual audits are done by CPA's.
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f2\fs26\cf1\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \hich\af2\dbch\af0\loch\f2 21.\tab}}\pard\plain \ql \fi-648\li648\ri72\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx630{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf1\pnstart21\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang 
{\pntxta .}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin72\lin648\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 State of New York, }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Public Officers Law,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Article 2, Section 10, and Article 7, Sections 100 and 111.
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f2\fs26\cf1\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \hich\af2\dbch\af0\loch\f2 22.\tab}}\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx648{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf1\pnstart21\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Code, }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 op cit.,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 604.3.
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f2\fs26\cf1\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 \hich\af2\dbch\af0\loch\f2 23.\tab}}\pard\plain \ql \fi-576\li576\ri216\sa576\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx540{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf1\pnstart21\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang 
{\pntxta .}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin216\lin576\itap0\pararsid5049875 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 Ibid,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 
 606. For example, at the April 6 and 7, 1984 Faculty }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 Council meeting, the following were discussed: summer insti}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 \-}{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 tutes on college teaching and technology in society; faculty}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 
as trustees; and statewide uniform requirements for curricula}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 (as in Florida, Mississippi and Hawaii). The Council decided}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875  to prepare a statement on governance, to strengthen the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid5049875\charrsid5049875  C}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 ouncil's visibility on local campuses and to seek clarifi\-
cation of the terms "remedial" and "pre-college level." A resolution pleading for more tuition waiver support was }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 passed; and the preparation of a Faculty Council information}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 booklet was proposed. Among the committee reports was one on}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 basic core general education requirements for degrees in all}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875  State University units.
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\psz1\linex0\sectdefaultcl\sectrsid5398271\sftnbj \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5049875 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 APPENDIX
\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
\par }\pard\plain \qc \li72\ri0\nowidctlpar\tlul\tx9360\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin72\itap0\pararsid5049875 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Governance at Genesee Community College:}{
\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid5049875  }{\f2\fs26\ul\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 One College's Approach}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
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Genesee Community College's governance structure begin}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 s}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\super\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 with its}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Board of Trustees. The bylaws of the Board were first approved in}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 1967, soon after the college was founded. They have been amended}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
frequently since that time, following review by the Board's Policy}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Committee. The bylaws establish the Board's corporate responsi\-}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
bility "to guarantee the integrity of the College...." The respon}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-sibilities and duties of the Board's officers are clearly delin\-eated, along with the legal requirements for meetings, notices }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 of their time and place, and what constitutes a quorum for under}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 -taking official business. The nature and the purposes of the }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 standing committees are set forth with the creation of Buildings &}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Grounds, Personnel, Policy, and Nominating Committees.
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\par }\pard\plain \s20\ql \li72\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin72\itap0\pararsid5049875 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 A considerable amount of Board time is given to }{
\f2\fs26\expnd1\expndtw8\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 informational }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 reports such as those on admission, enrollment, and program updates}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 
 presented by the college's staff. Much of this kind of informa\-tional review occurs under the agenda item of "New Business."}{\f2\fs26\insrsid5049875\charrsid5049875   }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 Furthermore, the}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875  }{\f2\fs26\expnd1\expndtw7\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 attention}{\i\f2\fs26\expnd1\expndtw7\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 
of all trustees is regularly directed by}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid5049875\charrsid5049875  }{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 their chairperson to general correspondence received by the Col\-}{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 lege, including notification of State University actions pertaining}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 
 to the campus. All of this supports the participatory style, as opposed to a "rubber stamp" ratifying style, of Board delibera\-}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 tions. The continuing board appraisal of both current and future}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 actions generates knowledge and expertise and expands background}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid5049875 
 discussions so that widely-understood new courses of action can emerge.
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Genesee County Legislature's chairperson has appointed a liaison}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  member to attend Board of Trustee meetings, as is done in other }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
counties, in order to convey budget and other concerns to and from}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  the county's legislative committees and the College's trustees. }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
The liaison member is extended floor privileges at Board meetings}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  but, of course, has no voting rights.
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The College President's leadership role is an important one which}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 fully recognizes not only the need of keeping his Board informed}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  but the right of the faculty to be consulted on appropriate }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 matters. Working with the College's academic governance structure,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 as discussed below, and administrative personnel, the President is}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 able to project his ideas beyond the strict confines of organiza}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-tional procedures and its future directions. He takes responsi\-}{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 bility for all internal actions arising from recommendations that}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  need Board action.
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The organization of this College is simple and logical, following}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
 more of a flat than a hierarchical structure. Five deans and a director report to the President and serve as his "cabinet." They are the Dean of the College, Dean of Students, Dean of }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
Administration, Dean of Community Services, and the Dean of Human}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Services and Planning, and the Director of Institutional Advancement. Associate Deans deal with fiscal matters, the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid5049875  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-3\expndtw-15\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Learning Resources Center, Human Communications and Behavior, and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-8\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
Career and Vocational Education. There is an Assistant Dean of}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-13\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Instruction for Off-Campus Operations. Directors are responsible}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  for the Career Development Center; Records, Scheduling and }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Advisement; Financial Aid and Veteran Affairs; Personnel and}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Research; and Admissions. Furthermore, a number of technical}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 assistants and specialists in educational services assist the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-8\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
teaching faculty and other administrators. The actual academic}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  operations of the College criss-cross this organizational structure.
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\par }\pard\plain \s20\ql \li144\ri72\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin72\lin144\itap0\pararsid5398271 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Academic
 governance at Genesee Community College is the respon}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-}{\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-10\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 sibility of the Academic Assembly, its Senate, and its Executive}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-10\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Committee. This governance structure is a means of attaining the}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-3\expndtw-17\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 objectives of the College through consultation with and the support}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-5\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
of the faculty and all members of the college community.
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Genesee Community College's Academic Assembly consists of all}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 teaching faculty, all professional administrative staff, and}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-10\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 certain representatives of the students and of the civil service}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 personnel. The Assembly elects a president, vice president, and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-12\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
secretary to serve on the Academic Senate and to develop academic}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-14\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 policies and procedures relating to standards, curriculum, instruc}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-}{\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-14\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 tional research, business and student affairs. All of this work is}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-12\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 the responsibility of the Academic Senate and its standing and ad}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  hoc committees.
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Therefore, the Academic Senate is in fact the institution's major}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-12\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 internal governing body. It consists of the College's President,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-3\expndtw-16\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 some of the Deans, the elected Academic Assembly officers, student}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 leaders, and the elected standing committee chairpersons. Its}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-3\expndtw-16\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
standing committees (Academic Standards, Curriculum, Instructional}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Research and Development, Student Affairs, Business Affairs,}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-14\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Student Recruitment and Retention) evaluate and recommend adminis}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-}{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 trative policies for all aspects of the academic program and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-1\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 related activities of the College.

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The chairpersons of the standing committees also attend the bi}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 monthly meetings of the Executive Committee of the Academic}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-14\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Assembly as necessary. Here an assembly agenda is developed, and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 decisions are made on the proper routing of all committee pro}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 \-}{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-9\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
posals. The final recording policies and procedures rests with}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  this committee.
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he Academic Senate and of the Executive}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-2\expndtw-14\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Committee of the Academic Assembly are widely distributed through}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
-out the College.
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The Genesee Community College Student Government Association is}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-9\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 the vehicle by which students participate in the governance of}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-7\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 the college. This association has established a wide range of}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{
\f2\fs26\expnd-3\expndtw-16\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 special interest clubs to help develop student leadership skills,}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-8\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
responsibility, self-reliance, and to promote recreational and}{\f2\fs26\insrsid5049875  }{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 educational activities at the college. The clubs include a }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
variety of curricula-related activities such as Choir, Student}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-4\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 Newspaper, Nurses Club, Communications Club, and Commercial Arts}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Club. Committees, such as the Student Activities Council, recommend student-related college policies that help to meet student needs. The Student Court periodically reviews student rights and responsibilities.

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Students serve on Genesee's Academic Senate, the Academic Assembly's Executive Committee, and all of the standing 
commit-tees of the Senate. The student representatives are chosen by the Student Government Association and in the case of the Academic Standards Committee and the Recruitment and Retention Committee two student members respectively are selected. These }{
\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-3\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 students have the same voting rights as faculty and staff commit}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 -}{\f2\fs26\expnd0\expndtw-2\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 
tee members but serve for a term of one year and are subject to}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  }{\f2\fs26\expnd-1\expndtw-6\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432 recall and replacement according to the procedures of the Student}{
\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  Government Association.
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As at all other community colleges, the students elect annually}{\f2\fs26\insrsid541071\charrsid3033432  one of their number to serve on the Board of Trustees of the College.
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