This study developed recommendations for needed changes in goals and major policies of the North Carolina Community College System. Designed to improve long-range planning, such proposed changes reflected a review of related national and North Carolina literature and a survey of 765 persons in 10 North Carolina population groups. The groups surveyed were: (1) members of the State Board of Education, (2) top administrators in the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges, (3) community college/technical institute presidents, (4) chairmen of local boards of trustees, (5) division and department chairmen with instructional responsibilities, (6) state representatives, (7) state senators, (8) members of the North Carolina Council on State Goals and Policy, (9) top business executives throughout the state, and (10) students enrolled in the community colleges/technical institutes. The response rate was 54.3 percent. The results included rank orders of importance, accomplishment, and perceived "gaps" between importance and accomplishment of 25 possible goal statements. The questionnaire and a bibliography are appended. (Author/DC)