In fall 1985, a survey was conducted of 362 full-time faculty and senior-level administrators at the 30 State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges to determine faculty and administrator preferences with respect to four institutional directions and seven images for the SUNY community colleges in general and for their institution in particular. The directions assessed were "academically oriented two-year college,""community-based learning center,""comprehensive community college," and "postsecondary occupational training center," while the images were "democratization of higher education,""a second chance for people,""something for everybody,""comprehensive two-year curriculum,""a college for its community,""excellence in teaching," and "a student-oriented institution." Study findings, based on a 76% usable response rate from the administrators, and a 60% usable response rate for faculty, included the following: (1) both groups preferred the "comprehensive community college" direction for the SUNY colleges as a whole and their own institution and gave little support for the other three directions; (2) the images desired most by the administrators were "college for its community," followed by "excellence in teaching" and "comprehensive two-year curriculum"; (3) faculty preferred the same images though in the reverse order; and (4) administrators generally preferred the same image for their own college as for the system. (EJV)