In 1989, the Eastern Iowa Community College District (EICCD) undertook a project to develop a collective image of what the community college should be in the coming century. The reasons for seeking this "shared vision" were to create institutional focus, foster commitment, build communication, and reaffirm the college's mission and beliefs statement. The efforts to develop a shared vision, termed the "2020 Vision Process," involved a series of all-day, in-service meetings, administrative retreats, a survey of the academic community, and the development of a series of environmental impact statements focusing on factors likely to affect the college in coming years. The process involved every college employee and resulted in the revision of the EICCD's Mission and Belief Statements, the formulation of new goals and objectives, and the creation of specific implementation strategies to obtain the objectives. Among the new institutional goals identified were the following: (1) develop and maintain administrative and staff support dedicated to student learning; (2) recruit and retain students from diverse backgrounds; (3) encourage initiative, risk-taking, and individual responsibility; and (4) become an active partner in defining and addressing community and business needs. Detailed appendixes provide definitions of the functional areas of the community college; goal statements in the areas of instruction, student services, administration, research and planning, and community services; the Vision 2020 survey instrument; and the EICCD's Belief Statements. (JMC)