The New York Times – Manny Fernandez
“As globalization has made the world smaller, two year colleges have, in a sense, gotten bigger. Often regarded as the minor leagues of higher education and as bastions of locally drawn students, community colleges now aggressively recruit students overseas, send their own to study abroad, and have even established satellite campuses in foreign countries…“I sincerely believe by exposing our students and faculty to international linkages, we can prepare our students not just for a single career, but also for a global life of unpredictable velocity and volatility,” said Ms. Do, a former Vietnamese refugee. “A number of studies have shown that American graduates have minimal knowledge of foreign regions and limited ability to communicate in foreign languages.””(more)