Educating for the
Global Community:
A Framework for
Community Colleges
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Using the 1994 report "Building the Global Community: The Next Step" as a building block, the Stanley Foundation and the American Council on International Intercultural Education (ACIIE) invited a group of educators and government leaders to meet in November 1998 to explore two essential questions:
- What does it mean to be a "globally competent" learner?
- What is required institutionally for community colleges to produce globally competent learners?
Participants spent productive time on the definitions:
- What is meant by competency?
- What are the characteristics of a global learner?
- What are the developmental stages leading to global competency?
Attendees of the conference went on to identify restraining forces to globalizing a campus; e.g., attitudes, practices, priorities. They suggested strategies to counter these obstacles to systemic support for global education.
The report ends with suggestions to advance global education beyond the community college campus.
The task to globalize a community college is an imperative, obstacle-laced, time-consuming enterprise; yet the benefits to students, faculty, administrators, and others can be enormous. |
