International Education at Community Colleges

Themes, Practices, and Case Studies
Herausgegeben:Latiner Raby, Rosalind; Valeau, Edward J.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book bringstogether distinguished scholars, community college practitioners, and emergingleaders to expand upon existing theories, provide reflection on practice, anddemonstrate the dynamic nature of community college internationalization. Thereis a special challenge for United States community colleges to move fromselected international programs that impact a few students to sustainablechange that influences the entire college community. A key importance is realization that reformis not based on chance, but on intentional designs that are intended to guidefuture endeavors. The research, casestudies, and experiences of the authors in this book are both inspiring andcritical in the quest to encourage an academic shift for long-term change thatpromotes international literacy as an integral component of the communitycollege and celebrates the needs of the changing local communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-53335-7
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9781137533357
• ISBN-10: 1137533358
• Artikelnr.: 44769631

Autorenporträt

Rosalind Latiner Raby is Senior Lecturer in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department of the College of Education at California State University, Northridge, USA, where she is also Affiliate Faculty for the Ed.D. Community College program. She serves as the Director of California Colleges for International Education, a non-profit consortium of eighty-nine California community colleges. Edward J. Valeau is Superintendent President Emeritus of Hartnell Community College, USA, President Emeritus of California Colleges for International Education, and is the founder and Senior Partner of the ELS Group, a national Chief Executive Search firm.

Inhaltsangabe

SECTION ONE : EXPLORING THE FIELD.- Chapter 1 Global is Not the Opposite of Local: Advocacy For Community College International Education Rosalind Latiner Raby and Edward J. Valeau.- Chapter 2Faculty International Experience and Internationalization Efforts at Community Colleges in the United States Krishna Bista.- Chapter 3Mentoring in an International Professional Development Program Tod Treat.- Chapter 4 International Students Struggles: Community College to the Rescue Linda Serra Hagedorn, Shaohua Pei, and Lu Yan.- Chapter 5Immigrating to the Title IX Environment: A qualitative cultural analysis of community college international students Leah P. Hollis and Russell A. Davis.- Chapter 6 Appreciative Advising with International Students in American Community Colleges Yi (Leaf) Zhang.- Chapter 7 Self-Authorship Beyond Borders: Reconceptualizing College and Career Readiness Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher, Raul A. Leon, and John Lang.- Chapter 8 Microaggressions and Intersectionality in the Experiences of Black Women Studying Abroad through Community Colleges: Implications for Practice Tasha Y. Willis.- Chapter 9 Calls for Accountability: Measuring internationalizationat community colleges Shawn Woodin.- Chapter 10 Building the Pipeline for Community College International Education Leadership Edward J. Valeau and Rosalind Latiner Raby.- SECTION TWO: CASE-STUDIES AND RESEARCH STUDIES.- STUDY 1 Building a World-Class College: Creating a Global Community at Pima Community College Ricardo Castro-Salazar; Kelley Merriam-Castro, and Yvonne A. Perez.- STUDY 2Internationalization and the Influence of Environmental Factors: A Case Study Deborah M. Sipe.- STUDY 3 The Texas/Czech Republic International Connection: A Reciprocal Exchange of Faculty and Students Juanita Gamez Vargas.- STUDY 4 Addressing Myths About International Students Deborah Budd, Andreea Serban, Dianne Van Hook, Rosalind Latiner Raby.- STUDY 5Global certificates: Bringing intentionality and ownership to comprehensive internationalization Paloma Rodriguez.- STUDY 6Innovative Approaches to Study Abroad at Harper College and Fox Valley Technical College Opal Leeman Bartzis, Kelly J. Kirkwood and Thalia M. Mulvihill.- STUDY 7 Partnering for new possibilities: The development of a global learning certificate Katerine Cierniak and Anne-Maree Ruddy.- STUDY 8 Creating and Enhancing a Global Consciousness Among Students of Color in our Community Colleges Reyes L. Quezada and Paula A. Cordeiro.- STUDY 9 Community College Study Abroad and Implications for Student Success: Comparing California and New Jersey community colleges Gary M. Rhodes, Rosalind Latiner Raby, Janice M. Thomas, Amparo Codding and Andrea Lynch.- STUDY 10Transformative learning through education abroad: A case study of a community college program Ashley Brenner.- STUDY 11 Ensuring Social Success: Assessing the factors that affect the Social experiences of international students at a large, urban community college in Texas Sharon Miller.- STUDY 12 Community College Education Abroad and Business Internship Programs Cultivation of Competency in Communicating, Collaborating, and Critical Thinking? Marc Thomas.