Long regarded as a local institution, the community college has become a
globalized institution. It has been affected by global forces, and by
the interpretations of organizational members to both global forces and
to the responses of intermediaries. Globalization as a process finds an
outlet within the community college where economic, cultural, and
technological behaviors are advanced along lines consistent with and
supportive of globalization. Furthermore, government actions have
directed community colleges to respond and adapt to a global economy. In
this book, seven community colleges are examined to demonstrate
organizational change in the 1990s precipitated by globalization.