The tumultuous events of the Arab Spring have challenged higher education systems throughout the Middle East and North Africa to become more responsive to citizens who are impatient for change. Community colleges in the United States can play a vital role in supporting much-needed reforms. This article looks at the possibilities and the challenges…

The role of government in community college governance cannot be underestimated: state, provincial, and territorial governments are the formal creators of public colleges and the bodies that can alter governance arrangements. Nonetheless, local contexts are not to be overlooked. Interpretations of legislation and government policy give rise to…

Nations throughout the world are developing short-cycle institutions related to the community college concept. There are comprehensive, specialized, binary, and dual short-cycle institutions that share the following characteristics: (1) training of paraprofessional specialists and workers; (2) open access; (3) regionality and decentralized…