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Abstract
This article reviews the development of community colleges in Missouri with emphasis on four seminal events: enabling legislation in 1961, a change in state oversight from secondary to postsecondary education in 1974, a 1990 change from a credit hour‐based formula to “base‐plus,” and the decision to hire full‐time lobbying support. Each of these events is analyzed for its effect on the evolution of 2‐year colleges in Missouri from a loose confederation of semiautonomous junior colleges toward an integrated system. The article also reviews how these benchmark events have shaped the agenda for the future of community colleges in Missouri.