The Community College in a Global Context: New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 161 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118720199 ISBN 13: 9781118720196

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2013

Synopsis

The community college is poised to contribute beyond its own community to across the world. To do so—to advance the work for the betterment of students and communities—it must engage internationally while building capacity.

Recognizing the growing importance of educating students in a globalized world, this volume explores the community college in an international context. It addresses global ideals, values, competencies, and understanding in a local context and shows:

• How individual community colleges have internationalized
• How models and partnerships can aid progression to comprehensive internationalization
• How international systems consider adoption and adaptation.

The authors point to a crucial vision for the future: Globalization has moved the U.S. community college steadily from international education as an add-on to international education as a choice, and now to international education as a crucial, integrated mission that has drawn increased interest from other nations intent on an educated, skilled citizenry. The community college is no longer about the United States; the community college is for all of us, a world phenomenon.

This is the 161st volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Essential to presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open-door institutions, New Directions for Community Colleges provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinct and expanding educational mission.

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From the Back Cover:

The community college, positioned as it is to be flexible, adaptive, open, and focused on student success, is poised to contribute across the world. To do so—to advance the work for the betterment of students and communities—it must engage internationally while building capacity. The purpose of this volume of New Directions for Community Colleges is to explore the community college in an international context. The authors address the needs and interests of scholars in the field and leaders on the front line of educating students in a globalized world. The contributors are deeply committed to the essential work of
community colleges in the world, addressing global ideals, values, competencies, and understanding in a local context. To this end, they reflect on how individual community colleges have internationalized, how models and partnerships can aid progression to comprehensive internationalization, and how international systems consider adoption and adaptation. They point to a crucial vision for the future: Globalization has moved the U.S. community college steadily from international education as an add-on to international education as a choice, and now to international education as a crucial, integrated mission that has drawn increased interest from other nations intent on an educated, skilled citizenry. The community college is no longer about the United States; the community college is for all of us, a world phenomenon.

About the Author:

Tod Treat is the editor of The Community College in a Global Context: New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 161, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Linda Serra Hagedorn is the editor of The Community College in a Global Context: New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 161, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1118720199
• ISBN 13: 9781118720196
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Treat Tod