Abstract
This article profiles The Metropolitan Community Colleges, which offers seventy career or transfer degree programs to 19,000 students on five campuses in the Kansas City, Missouri, area. In 1993 a new, district-wide position was created to handle strategic planning and policy-level leadership for technology. Further restructuring and a commitment to providing universal access to information technology resources for the entire campus community led to a coordination of policies and efforts, which increased productivity. This article is based on a visit to The Metropolitan Community Colleges by _CAUSE/EFFECT_ editor Julia Rudy.