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 International Programs and Services 

U.S. community colleges play a vital role in educating and training the globally competitive workforce of the 21st Century. To support these efforts, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) promotes global awareness, intercultural understanding, and international engagement for students, faculty, staff, and administrators. AACC advocates on behalf of our member institutions with U.S. federal agencies, higher education associations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and international partners to raise the recognition of U.S. community colleges’ leadership role in global education.

What AACC Offers

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

AACC Global Leadership Delegations (download flyer)

* India, June 16-26, 2013 (New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore) - Registration Open!

* Registration coming soon for: New Zealand and Australia (August-September 2013), China (November 2013), United Kingdom (November 2013)

 

AACC's Profiles of U.S. Community Colleges

Registration Now Open! to secure your college's space in this one-of-a-kind guide (print, digital, and online). Profiles is an essential resource for prospective students, overseas advisers, and AACC itself as we engage a variety of international audiences. Participate in this AACC-produced, members-only initiative to increase your international student enrollment. Don't wait. Register today! Let AACC help your college attract the growing number of international students looking to study in the United States—now nearly 780,000 each year.

Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminars

Competition now open! IEA two-week seminars are great professional development opportunities for international education administrators and other senior-level higher education administrators from the United States to create empowering connections with the societal, cultural and higher education systems of other countries. Choose Russia (community college only), or 6 other countries--India, Japan, Korea, Germany, France or the United Kingdom.

2013 Heiskel Award Winners

Pitt Community College (NC) for Internationalizing the Community College category with their International Education Travel Scholarship (IETS) program. Shoreline Community College (WA) received special recognition (along with three universities) for “Internationalizing the Professions” with their Dental Hygiene Education/Smiles Forever program.

2013 Senator Paul Simmon Award Winners

Green River Community College and Lone Star College System are winners of NAFSA’s 2013 Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization. The award recognizes “those institutions making intentional, significant progress to effectively combine elements of [comprehensive internationalization] with results of: expanding the reach of internationalization among students, faculty and staff, fostering collaboration across academic, administrative and student service arenas in the interest of internationalization; expanding student, faculty and academic and support units contributing to internationalization; and assessing and measuring that progress." The award also seeks to highlight innovative and creative approaches.

 

 The Global Exchange

AACC colleagues and international delegates from around the world gathered for a networking luncheon and a vibrant dialogue on current trends and issues related to preparing workers for the 21st Century global economy. Topics touched upon new ideas, innovations and best practices for educating today's students. More Information

 Contact Information

For more information, please contact:

Alice Blayne-Allard
Associate VP for International Programs & Services
Ph: 202.728.0200 x233
aallard@aacc.nche.edu

Wayne Wheeler
Manager of Global Initiatives and Outreach
Ph: 202.728.0200 x250
wwheeler@aacc.nche.edu

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