Community college educational technology : its control, allocation, purchase and utilization in relation to the decision-making process

The purpose of this case study was to investigate the decision making process employed by one community college in the area of educational technology acquisitions. The study was designed to delineate the use of particular decision-making processes and describe how the process related to the needs of the faculty. A triangulated methodology utilized questionnaires, interviews, and document searches to answer four research questions. Descriptive statistics and analysis of variance were used to analyze survey data.