Schools in America, especially in communities far from urban centers, are working harder to find highly qualified and culturally proficient staff to prepare students successfully for an increasingly interconnected world. Apart from offering teachers more professional development and hiring educators with international travel experience, public…

Describes VaCIE-CEMP, a faculty/staff exchange program between the Virginia Community College System and schools in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Netherlands. States that participants pair up with their overseas equivalent and exchange houses, keeping costs to a minimum. Reports that during the two-week visits,…

Amendments to the "Virginia Plan for Equal Opportunity in State-Supported Institutions of Higher Education," which were submitted to the U.S. Office for Civil Rights, are presented. Commitments of the state include: increasing the enrollment of black undergraduates at state colleges and at the traditionally white colleges, increasing the…