CFP- Community Colleges in Central Eurasia

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CFP- Community Colleges in Central Eurasia

Posted by: Rosalind Latiner Raby <rabyrl@aol.com>

Call For Chapter Proposals

This is a call for chapters for a new publication to be published by
Springer Publishers under the CERC Studies in Comparative Education series.

Community College Models: Globalization and Higher Education Reform

Edited by
Rosalind Latiner Raby (California Colleges for International Education).
Edward Valeau (President, Hartnell College)

The anticipated publication date will be March 2008

The community college prototype (that combines elements of liberal, technical,
vocational and occupational education) exists in various forms
throughout the world. In many countries, the adoption of community
college characteristics, most particularly that of open access, has
initiated widespread higher educational reform. Community college
models tend to educate non-traditional post-secondary students and
demonstrate in a practical way the means by which new generations can
receive skills that will ensure employment, prosperity, and
facilitation of democracy. As such, these institutions tend to serve
as a symbol of equity as they provide access to higher education for
the masses in places where access has previously been denied. In our
era of expanded educational reform for higher education, the role of
the community college model cannot be ignored.

The proposed book, Community College Models: Globalization and Higher
Education Reform, will explore the philosophical, logistical, and
thematic attributes of community college models through case-studies
and will provide a comparative analysis to understand how
post-secondary educational reform efforts are currently being in
enacted in countries worldwide. The book is intended to appeal to the
professionals in the field, graduate students of higher education,
comparative researchers and will add to discussions on community
college education currently taking place among policy makers

We are soliciting chapter proposals from scholars in the field of
comparative and international education, higher education, and
community college research who can contribute to a critical
understanding of the field, policy making or policy implementation,
and/or provide original research on the impact that community college
models have made to education in general . The intent is to have a
combination of state-of-the-field reviews, new empirical scholarship,
and critical discussions of major topics around the volume's theme.
All proposals/manuscripts will be peer-reviewed.

We are especially in interested in receiving proposal regarding
community college models in Central Eurasia.

Please contact us with chapter proposals by May 25, 2007. Proposals
should be a maximum of 250 words and include:

a) title of proposed chapter
b) description of chapter emphasis
c) personal expertise in the field
d) contact information

Please send chapter proposals to

Rosalind Raby Edward Valeau
rabyrl@aol.com evaleau@hartnell.edu

(818) 882-9931

Because Learning Never Stops
Rosalind Latiner Raby, Ph.D.
Director, California Colleges for International Education
(818) 882-9931 FAX (818) 882-9837
www.ccieworld.org
rabyrl@aol.com

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