In response to concerns of unnecessary duplication in programs offered by Texas community/junior colleges and the Texas State Technical College (TSTC) system, TSTC conducted an examination of curricula, enrollments, and outcomes for both systems. This report provides findings from the first phase of the study based on Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board reports and official documents for the 1990-91 academic year and for the 1990 federal fiscal year. Following introductory materials describing the purpose of the study, results are presented from a literature review focusing on differences between community and technical college education and data collection methods are described. Comparative findings are then provided for the following areas: (1) institutional curricula, indicating that community college technical clusters reflected "service-related" technologies (e.g., marketing, office skills, and health care), while TSTC reflected "export-related" technologies (e.g., manufacturing, electronics, and computers); (2) program graduates and graduate percent yield (GPY), revealing that community colleges graduated 16% of enrolled technical students, compared to 33% for TSTC; (3) GPY for ethnic groups and special populations, indicating that 19% and 78% of TSTC's graduates were classified as handicapped and disadvantaged, compared to 4% and 36% for community colleges; (4) curricula and GPY for metropolitan and non-metropolitan community colleges, finding little difference in curricula but higher a percentage of graduates in non-metropolitan colleges; and (5) state funding per technical program cluster, indicating that TSTC had a cost per graduate of $8,649 in "service-related" and $11,801 in "export-related" clusters, compared to $9,175 and $15,613, respectively, for community colleges. (KP)