Community College Models

I. Introduction: Community College Formation and Foundation

1. Defining the Community College Model
Rosalind Latiner Raby

2. Globalization and Community College Model Development
Rosalind Latiner Raby

3. Community Colleges in the United States
Arthur M. Cohen

II. Introduction: Community College Models and Their Roles as Humanitarian Institutions

4. From Education to Grassroots Learning: Towards a Civil Society Through Community Colleges in Taiwan
Amy Shi-min Chen, Wei-ni Wang

5. Community Colleges and the Globalization of Higher Education in Postcolonial Zimbabwe
Douglas Mpondi

6. Indian Community College System: Democratic Response to Globalization
S. J. Alphonse Xavier, Edward Valeau

7. The Development of the Community College Model in Vietnam at the Time of the Country's Reorganization and International Integration
Dang Ba Lam, Nguyen Huy Vi

8. Modeling Social Justice Through the Community College
Robert DeBard, Tamara Rice

9. A Study of Community College Synchronization with the Educational Needs of Local People in Thailand
Pattanida Punthumasen, Takayoshi Maki

III. Introduction: Economic Conditions Globally Shaping the Community College Models

10. Community Colleges in China's Two Systems
Gerard Postiglione

11. Challenges and Opportunities for Postsecondary Education and Training in Barbados, Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago
Laurence Wolff

12. Globalization of Higher Education and Community Colleges in Vietnam
Diane E. Oliver, Pham Xuan Thanh, Paul A. Elsner, Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuong, Do Quoc Trung

13. Technological Universities: A Relevant Educational Model for Mexico?
Marisol Silva Laya

14. A Critical Approach to the Community College Model in the Global Order: The College Universitaire Régional de Bambey (Senegal) as a Case Study
Barrel Gueye, Ibra Sene

15. The Case for Associate Degrees in Curaçao
Rosita Tormala-Nita, Gilbert Cijntje

IV. Introduction: Responding to Globalization: Reform in Higher Education

16. Community-Based Folk High Schools in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
Sylvia S. Bagley, Val D. Rust

17. Community Colleges Embracing Change: The Anglophone Caribbean Perspective
Jeanette Grant-Woodham, Camille Morris

18. The Junior College System of Belize
Olda Hoare, Donald A. Dellow

19. Higher Education in Uganda: The Role of Community Colleges in Educational Delivery and Reform
W. James Jacob, Yusuf K. Nsubuga, Christopher B. Mugimu

20. Community College Model: Desideratum in the South African Higher Education Landscape
Charste Coetzee Wolhuter

21. College–University Dialogue: From Confrontation to Cooperation
Nitza Davidovitch, Yaacov Iram

22. “Reverse Transfer” Constraints upon Planning Post secondary Programs in Ontario, Canada
David N. Wilson

23. The Community College at the Crossroads
Jim Kusch, Eriola Pema, Gulen Onurkan, Liliya Akhmadeeva

24. UK Case Studies of SpLDs and Widening Participation for Minority Groups
Robert Edwards

25. A Multiple Streams Analysis of the Impact of Globalization: Case of a Russian Community College
Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher, Inna Gorlova

26. Pathways to Participation: A Comparative Study of Community College Entrepreneurial Educational Programs in the United States and Ireland
Daniel C. DoBell, Sarah A. Ingle

27. Dissecting an International Partnership
Michael Hatton, Kent Schroeder

VI. Introduction: Envisioning New Community College Models Internationally

28. Community Colleges as Learning Centers for Migrant Workers in Manufacturing Areas in China
Minghua Li, Henry Levin

29. Building a Knowledge-Based Society: The Role of Colleges in Uzbekistan
Zulfiya Tursunova, Nodira Azizova

30. Junior Colleges in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Shahrzad Kamyab

31. A Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Curriculum in Tajikistan
M. Max Hamon

32. Bhutanese Education Systems: A Look Toward the Future
Miloni Gandhi

33. Globalization Theory and Policy Implications for Community College Leaders
Robert A. Frost

34. The Challenge of Change: International Adoption of Community College Models
Edward Valeau

Avainsanat: Education, International and Comparative Education, Higher Education