Call for Submissions: International Handbook on Comparative Studies on Community Colleges and Global Counterparts

You are invited to submit a contribution to a two-part edited volume to be published by Springer Publishers. The International Handbook on Comparative Studies on Community Colleges and Global Counterparts series uses comparative and empirical research to explore a complex cohort of higher educational institutions that includes, but is not limited to, Cégeps, Colleges of Further Education, Community College, Polytechnic, Technical College, and Technical and Further Education (TAFE). These institutions share similarities in that they serve as a niche for post-secondary students to acquire skill-sets and credentials based on an education that offers a more advanced curriculum than secondary school and serves as a local and often lower-cost pathway that gives options for university overflow for adult learners, displaced workers, life-long learners, workforce learners, developmental learners, and non-traditional learners (Raby and Valeau, 2009, p. 1). 

Proposals that contribute original research and that fit into the following themes or sub-themes are invited. Proposals that address alternative themes may also be considered.