Global Awareness 

3/8/2013 - About 25 community college leaders traveled to India last month to advise government officials and education leaders as they implement an ambitious plan to upgrade the nation's technical education system.

02/26/2013 - Filmmaker Alex Meade is documenting the US-Brazil Partnership for Skills program, which brings together students and instructors from the U.S. and Brazil.

11/15/2012 - Both the U.S. and Australia aim to increase college graduation rates and improve workforce skills in the next 10-15 years, and they share other similarities, too.

11/15/2012 - Enrollment of international students at community colleges decreased for the third consecutive year, according to a new report.

09/11/2012 -- To prepare their students for a global economy, a growing number of rural community colleges are forming partnerships with colleges in other countries.

8/23/2012 - The Community College Times reports a new federal policy could lead to increased enrollment of undocumented students.

8/1/2012 - Information for AACC's 2012 trip to China.

7/31/2012 - A Chinese journalist has spent several months in Sanford, N.C., learning about Americans, American culture and especially American community colleges.

05/29/2012 - Ties are strengthening between U.S. community colleges and Chinese vocational and technical institutions.

05/04/2012 - The U.S. government wants to increase international education initiatives, and community colleges have a significant role to play in those efforts.

08/11/2011 - Last month, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Brazil's investment in technical education, noting that the annual federal budget for technical training has gone from $385 million in 2003 to $3.8 billion today.