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.

Romano and Palmer’s work, Financing Community Colleges: Where We Are, Where We’re Going…will help emergingleaders to better understand finance issues and will allow them to advance themission of the comprehensive community college. This book provides an excellentopportunity for current graduate students as well as emerging community college leadersto be well-prepared to understand and face the recurring challenges that may causethem to hesitate about accepting senior-level responsibilities. The book’s subtitle isspot-on: it tells us where we are, where we’re going, and that promises better preparationfor a future generation of effective community college leaders.

• 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 Horizon Chapter 7: Future Scenarios ReferencesIndex