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Faculty involvement in policy formulation in three selected public community colleges of Oregon
Purpose of the Study
The basic purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes and
opinions of community college personnel toward faculty involvement
in policy formulation.
Procedures
The statistical and subjective data for this study were obtained
from two major sources. (1) A statistical questionnaire was
developed to identify and obtain the present faculty involvement and
the "desired" faculty involvement in policy formulation in three
selected public community colleges of Oregon and was distributed to
community college administrators and full-time teaching faculty, and
(2) A personal on-campus visitation and interview was conducted by
the writer with each respondent to obtain additional subjective data
pertaining to faculty involvement.
Findings
Statistical data indicated that within the present community
college organizational structure, faculty do have opportunity to be
involved in and to become more involved in policy formulation.
Subjective data supported the statistical findings and also
revealed that faculty are in the process of changing from their "traditional"
no-involvement role to one of becoming increasingly more
active in community college governance.
Recommendations
The study recommends that changes be made in the internal
organizational pattern of community college operations if faculty are
to be further involved and are to realize their potential in more meaningful
policy formulation.
The community college is on the ''cutting edge" of education
and because of this, must help to modify or change the "traditional"
beliefs in education that have tended to hinder and to slow down the
progress of and to cloud over the creative thoughts and deeds of
educational personnel. Changing the dated customary practices
indicates progress and increases its effectiveness as an institution
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