Grounded in an economic perspective, Financing Community Colleges: Where We Are, Where We're Going helps college leaders make sense of the challenges they face in securing and managing the resources needed to carry out the community college mission. Finance has perpetually been an Achilles heel for leaders at all levels of management. With the premise that leaders are better at winning battles they know something about, this book equips leaders with an understanding of the fundamentals and the complexities of community college finance. It tackles current and emerging issues with insight that is analytic and prophetica must read for current and prospective leaders.

Richard M. Romano is Professor Emeritus and Director of the Institute for Community College Research, Department of Institutional Research& Planning, SUNY Broome Community College.James C. Palmer, professor, Department of Educational Administration and Foundations, Illinois State University.

IntroductionAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Public Finance and Community CollegesChapter 2: Revenue, Expenditures, and AffordabilityChapter 3: Productivity and QualityChapter 4: OutcomesChapter 5: Performance-Based FundingChapter 6: Issues on the HorizonChapter 7: Future ScenariosReferencesIndex