Between the Rhetoric and Reality

From this introductory note, author-editors Rosalind Latiner Raby and Edward Valeau then work forward to analyze, challenge, distinguish, and, most importantly, add to the scholarship on internationalization in community colleges. The various chapters in this volume represent case study, phenomenological and quantitative studies of the unique settings, student mix, and leader challenges within the community college sector today. Raby and Valeau frame the historical perspective of how nativism continues with each passing decade, even 25 years into an age of globalization where political i.

Other chapters in International Education at Community Colleges detail the benefits of appreciative advising, the complexities of international leader mentoring programs, and the low levels of awareness that international students have of Title IX regulations. Above all, the diversity of topics and high level of scholarship in this book make it a milestone in community college literature. Perhaps what is most striking—in the accounts of colleges struggling to develop multifaceted internationalization programs—is the comparative aspects between community colleges and their university counterparts today.

Study abroad programs still may live or die within the lifespan of the president or chief executive officer currently averaging three to five years. In brief, this collection makes it clear that community colleges still build programs in the moment, based on the current staff and leader dynamic, rather than based on a tradition of a globalized curriculum. Worthy of applause, too, is the diverse selection of scholar-practitioners among the chapter authors.

Nearly all have extensive community college backgrounds, many are noted international education scholars, and several are eminent community college leadership professors. International Education at Community Colleges will be of interest within international higher education graduate programs for its balance of case studies and original research, even as it provides community college leaders with step-by-step cases of college program planning, launch, and development. The concluding chapter presents a focus toward the future. Share your thoughts with other customers.

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