A study was conducted at eight two-year colleges in Western and Central New York to investigate methods by which the State University College at Buffalo might be of assistance to the two-year colleges, by designing inservice courses, or if needed, preservice programs for faculty members of those institutions. Six hundred fifty-six faculty members, representing a response rate of 51 percent, and ninety-three administrators responded to instruments which surveyed biographical data, faculty's perception of their own educational needs, processes utilized by administrators when hiring faculty, and administrators' perceptions of their faculties' educational needs. The study presents the data collected and compares administrator perceptions of faculty to faculty responses. General results include the finding that two-year college faculty desire to further their own professional education, but that future courses should be relevant to contemporary needs and that course offerings should be more available and accessible than they presently are. The survey instruments, a Faculty Questionnaire and an Administrator Questionnaire, are appended, as well as responses to open-ended questions requiring narrative response. An index of subject fields in which course offerings were desired is also included. (Author/BB)