Community colleges have been important open access entry points into education and employment. In order to improve the community college average retention rate of 60%, this study began looking at other areas that may have been impacting student retention without having been previously quantified. To evaluate the impact of faculty inclusion in administrative decision making processes at community college on student retention, this study used a non-experimental retrospective design to analyze the results of the previously unanalyzed 2007 community college Changing Academic Profession (CAP) survey in comparison to the retention rate for each campus. The survey included faculty responses regarding their perception of their influence on decisions regarding making faculty promotion and tenure decisions, selecting key administrators, choosing new faculty, approving new academic programs, shaping key academic policies at the department level and faculty satisfaction. The responses to questions about these "categories of interest" were then compared with the respondent's 2007 campus retention rate for the correlating year per National Center for Education Statistics. Analysis required use of either a correlation coefficient or a t-test of mean differences. The hypotheses being tested assumed that greater faculty participation in campus decision making in the categories of interest would be associated with a higher retention rate at the community college campus. Results indicated that the only significant association was between faculty satisfaction and student retention. Recommendations for future research included re-running the CAP survey to compare to this baseline data and more research in general where student retention is the intended outcome. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]