Going Global: Expanding the U.S. Community College Model in Other Parts of the World

Autor/in	Woods, Bob
Titel	Going Global: Expanding the U.S. Community College Model in Other Parts of the World
Quelle	In: Community College Journal, 84 (2013) 1, S.32-38 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-1803
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Study Abroad; Foreign Students; International Programs; Exchange Programs; Hawaii; Indonesia; Iowa; Oklahoma; Tunisia; United Kingdom (England); Washington; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Ausland; Globales Denken; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Indonesien; Tunesien
Abstract	Last year, amid the tumult of the Middle East's Arab Spring--a series of uprisings that have toppled governments and tested the United States' foreign policies throughout the region--administrators at Kirkwood Community College (KCC) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received an intriguing request. The school was among a group of institutions contacted by the U.S. embassy in Tunisia about establishing components of the community college model in the Middle Eastern nation to help address both its higher education and workforce needs. After a round of discussions, and backed by a $250,000 Economic Support Fund grant from the U.S. embassy, KCC entered into a two-year partnership project with Tunisia's Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques in the city of Sfax (ISET-Sfax), America-Mideast Educational and Training Services Inc. (AMIDEAST), and Iowa State University. "This program is designed to encourage the exchange of knowledge about the important role of community colleges and the ISET system in educating students and finding employment for recent graduates," U.S. embassy officials said of the program. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Community Colleges. One Dupont Circle NW Suite 410, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-728-0200; Fax: 202-833-2467; Web site: http://www.aacc.nche.edu/bookstore
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01