The U.S. government wants to increase international education initiatives, and community colleges have a significant role to play in those efforts, U.S. government leaders told foreign education officials at the 2012 Summit on the Occasion of the G8 in Washington, D.C.
Thursday's summit, hosted by the Institute of International Education, brought together high-level education delegates from 16 nations and the European Union to explore ways to increase international exchanges and other cooperative ventures with the overarching goal of improving economic prosperity.