1. Bob Keener Coordinator International Education Sinclair Community College Dayton, Ohio

2. Community College Economic Development Activities Abroad

3. About Community Colleges Few have endowments for overseas travel or projects Have limited enrollments & offerings in foreign languages Communities that CCs serve view overseas projects a “luxury” of 4-year colleges & universities. Local tax dollars should not be spent on such luxuries.

4. About Community Colleges Majority of Federal overseas programs don’t apply to CCs or are difficult to get compared to major universities CCs do obtain projects that are often technical or professional in scope Strong interest by other countries (less industrialized) in US CC model—India, Thailand, Vietnam, China, DR, etc.

5. About Community Colleges CCs often in better position than universities in developing practical technical or vocational programs that are of high value and are in high demand in developing nations. View some examples

6. Bangalore city stream

7. Chennai street trash

8. Hydrabad laundry

9. A two bull power lawn mower at the Taj Mahal

10. Delhi Sikh temple food prep area

11. Inlaid marble worker

12. Inlaid marble table top

13. Women’s CC language lab

14. Bangalore women’s CC power converter assembly worker

15. Women’s CC power converter testing area

16. University Development Linkages Project Managed by Sinclair Community College $750,000 funded by USAID, 1992-97 CC faculty developed 12 high impact, short- term training programs targeted to early school leavers, urban & rural poor, and women with limited opportunities Create Centre for Vocational Education (CVE)

17. University Development Linkages Project Rehab building for centre Obtain 4 wheel drive vehicle Develop vocational/technical training programs High reliable soldering, bicycle repair, small engine repair, life skills, mother & child welfare, repair & maintenance of air conditioners & domestic refrigerators, etc. Developed train-the-trainer concept with NGOs on the use of training modules

18. University Development Linkages Project By program’s end more than 2,000 trained and employed Hosted int’l conference in Chennai on “Training Options for Early School Leavers.” Over 200 participants from 8 countries. CVE evolved into Madras Community College, second CC in India

19. University Development Linkage Project Community College Partners Kirkwood Community College Muscatine Community College Richland Community College Spokane Community College St. Louis Community College Tri-County Community College Eastern Iowa Community College

21. Madras Community College student

22. University Affiliations Project With Stella Maris College Managed by Sinclair Community College 3 year $120,000 grant, 1997-99, funded by USIA Develop & enhance functional literacy curriculum targeted toward urban & rural poor, especially women

23. University Affiliations Project Women not highly motivated toward literacy, hook was vocational training component Women taught to sew, make mats or cleansing powder to sell in village market Trained local elementary teachers to deliver the program in Tamil

24. University Affiliations Project India Bank made micro loans to women Money earned by women selling their goods in local markets raised their status intellectually, socially and financially Community college partner—Eastern Iowa Community College

25. Stella Maris College computer lab

26. Elementary school teachers in training

27. Village women lean to make cleansing powder

28. Other Community College International Activities

29. Cuyahoga & University of Hawaii CCs Provided 11 Korean vocational education instructors skills upgrading in web programming, digital graphics, UNIX, network security and Cisco networking

30. St. Louis, Kirkwood, Blackhawk, Eastern Iowa, Harris-Stowe, Brevard, Delaware County, Hawaii and State Center CCs Guyana Ministry of Education sent 15 technical faculty for two months in 11 disciplines for training These faculty and their US mentors conducted 15 three week in-country workshops for 150 Guyanese teachers Disciplines included Fitting & Machining, MIG & TIG welding, Information Technology, Hospitality, Electronics, Electrical Equipment Maintenance & Repair, Agricultural Mechanics, Post Secondary Institutional Management

31. Hinds, Santa Fee, Eastern Iowa, and Middlesex CCs US CC faculty work with Polytechnic of Namibia on entrepreneurship training Second phase sent Polytechnic faculty to CCs for modeling on pedagogy & curriculum in fields of Engineering, Hospitality & Small Business Development

32. Missouri CC Association North Central CC Moberly CC Metropolitan CC State Fair CC Crowder CC Three Rivers CC Mineral Area CC Jefferson CC St. Louis CC St. Charles CC East Central CC Ozarks Technical CC

33. Missouri CC Assn. & Viet Nam Assn. of CCs Partnership in Conversational English Missouri CC faculty live one month in Viet Nam & assist Vietnamese CC English teachers with conversational English Pronunciation is the current need