Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Editors' Notes -- 1: Resituating the Community College in a Global Context -- Community College International Education in Three Acts -- Act One: Pre-9/11, a Spiky World. -- Act Two: Post-9/11, a Flat World. -- Act Three: The Post Flat World. -- 2: Building Support for Internationalization Through Institutional Assessment and Leadership Engagement -- History of Community College Internationalization -- A Model of Institutional Internationalization for Community Colleges -- Framework for Comprehensive Internationalization -- Pre-Interest Phase. -- Seeking Phase. -- Building Phase. -- Reaching Phase. -- Innovative Phase. -- Local Variations of the Model -- Leadership for Internationalization -- Action Steps for Boards of Trustees and Executive Leadership -- Step One: Establish Institutional Baseline. -- Step Two: Review and Discuss the Assessment. -- Step Three: Develop the Strategic Plan. -- Step Four: Commit and Engage. -- An Engaged and Supportive Board. -- Summary -- 3: International Students as a Resource for Achieving Comprehensive Internationalization -- Defining Comprehensive Internationalization -- A National Call to Action -- The Competitive Advantage: The President, Plan, and Chief International Officer -- The Tipping Point. -- Money Matters. -- The Talent Search. -- Exploit the Plus Two. -- Creating a Culture of Evidence -- Final Thoughts -- 4: Internationalization and Faculty-Led Service Learning -- Community College Internationalization -- Internationalization at Madison College -- Leveraging Regional Consortia. -- Staffing and Institutional Capacity. -- Assessment and Continuous Improvement. -- External Funding. -- Faculty-Led Field Studies and Service Learning Programs. -- Capacity Building for Study-Abroad Training Program. -- Walking the Talk of Experiential Learning Models.

Lessons From Experiential Learning Theory. -- Experiential Learning in Costa Rica. -- Assessment Results. -- Conclusions -- 5: Transforming International Education Through Institutional Capacity Building -- Faculty Development -- Experiential Professional Development: Early Days -- Development as a Tool for Internationalization -- Consortium Initiatives -- International Students -- New Capacity -- Conclusion -- 6: Strategic Partnerships in International Development -- Analytic Framework -- Principles for Effective Strategic Partnerships: Reducing Knowledge Gaps in International Development Partnerships -- Trust. -- Partnership Goals and Assessment. -- Communication and Alignment. -- Cross-Cultural Sustainability. -- Learning From Experience and Implementing Improvements -- Assessing Strategic Partnerships in International Development -- Community College Partnerships -- Recommendations for Successful Community College International Strategic Partnerships -- Conclusion -- 7: The History and Future of Community Colleges in Vietnam -- The Higher Education Situation in Vietnam -- Background Information on the Vietnamese National Educational System. -- Current State of Vietnam Higher Education -- National Education System. -- Higher Education System. -- Community College: A Solution for the Reform of Vietnam Higher Education -- Major Events in the Development of Community Colleges in Vietnam -- Current Status of Community Colleges in Vietnam -- Funding. -- Admissions. -- Programs. -- Globalization. -- Challenges. -- Future of Community Colleges in Vietnam -- 8: Bringing Community Colleges to Tunisia -- Background -- History. -- Geography and Demographics. -- Education. -- The Political and Economic Situation. -- Can Community Colleges Contribute to Tunisia's Recovery? -- U.S. Embassy and U.S. University Linkage Program. -- The Hard Work. -- Conclusions.

9: U.S. Community Colleges and a Response to the Arab Spring -- Community Colleges and the Arab Spring -- The U.S. Community College as a Model for Reform -- New Technical Institutes and Community Colleges -- National Symposium on Tunisian Higher Education and U.S. University Engagement -- The Challenges Ahead -- Three Systemic Issues -- Higher Education Governance: Centralized Control Versus Institutional Autonomy. -- Leadership. -- Access and Flexibility. -- Four Institutional Issues -- Significant Stakeholder Engagement. -- A Focus on Students and Their Success. -- Theory Versus Application. -- Teaching and Learning. -- Possibilities for the Future -- Index.