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Globalizing the Community College: Strategies for Change in the Twenty-First Century
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The case of community college in the 21st century is described in this paper, where seven colleges in two countries were investigated. But the focus was on the economic domain, the cultural domain, and information domain.Abstract:
Introduction Globalization and the community college The Cases: Seven Colleges in Two Nations The Domains of Globalization: The Economic Domain, the Cultural Domain The Information Domain The Domain of Politics The Process of Globalization What Remains Behind: The Community College in the 21st Centuryread more
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