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The purpose of this research was to study the design and first-year implementation of the Iowa community college Quality Faculty Plans. The plans were developed by each of the fifteen Iowa community colleges in response to Iowa Code 260C.36 which replaced community college faculty licensure in July 2003. According to Iowa Code, Quality Faculty Plans were to be designed for hiring and developing quality faculty. The plans were to include provisions for new faculty orientation and continued development of veteran faculty. They were also to include a list of faculty competencies and explanations of ways that faculty would demonstrate those competencies. Qualitative methods were used to analyze the written QuaIity Faculty Plans from each community college and interviews with administrators, human resources directors, and faculty (one from each college) who served on the original committees to develop the plans for the specific colleges. The written plans were analyzed through coding that stemmed from the requirements in the Iowa Code. The interviews were analyzed through open coding. Interview questions emerged from the analysis of the written plans. The study found that although the Quality Faculty Plans all addressed th