Globalizing the Community College Strategies for Change in the Twent

Long regarded as a local institution, the community college has become a globalized institution. It has been affected by global forces, and by the interpretations of organizational members to both global forces and to the responses of intermediaries. Glob

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GLOBALIZING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

John S. Levin

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GLOBALIZING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

© John S. Levin, 2001 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published 2001 by PALGRAVETM 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE is the new global publishing imprint of St. Martin’s Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd). ISBN 0–312–23906–8 hardback Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Levin, John S. Globalizing the community college : strategies for change in the twentyfirst century / John S. Levin.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–312–23906–8 1. Community colleges—United States. 2. Community colleges— Canada. I. Title. LB2328.15.U6 L48 2001 378.1’543—dc21 2001018509 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Letra Libre, Inc. First edition: April 2001 10 9 8 7 6 5 4

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GLOBALIZING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Preface

ix

Introduction

xvii

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Globalization and the Community College

1

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The Cases: Seven Colleges in Two Nations

19

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The Domains of Globalization:The Economic Domain

39

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The Cultural Domain

63

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The Information Domain

81

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The Domain of Politics

99

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The Process of Globalization

121

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What Remains Behind: The Community College in the Twenty-First Century

159

Appendix

183

Notes

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