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This volume of the International Perspectives on Education and Society series comparatively examines various two-year and community college institutions worldwide. While these institutions are called by different names and may not all be structured the same around the world, their core mission remains consistently: to respond to the needs of their local community. Inspired by the German Volkshochschule, founded in 1844, this model is now throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, India, South Africa, Thailand and other nations. While the community college is debatable and possibly controversial in and of itself, these institutions all serve the needs of their local communities by bridging the gap between academic and technical training with open and accessible learning. Students served by these institutions come from various socioeconomic backgrounds including age, race, culture, gender, and income levels. Two-year and community colleges adapt and institutionalize differently to meet various community needs, whether they provide students with technical training, the ability to transfer to four-year higher education institutions, remedial education or lifelong learning opportunities. This volume analyzes the ways this model has served and continues to serve communities in different international contexts for similar purposes.

HIV-positive persons --- Education --- HIV infections --- Education. --- Health aspects. --- Social aspects. --- AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects. --- Education -- Health aspects -- Cross-cultural studies. --- HIV infections -- Social aspects. --- Social Sciences --- Education, Special Topics --- Community colleges -- United States. --- Community colleges. --- Theory & Practice of Education --- Health & Fitness --- Educational: Personal, social & health education (PSHE) --- Multicultural education. --- HIV-positive persons. --- Diseases --- AIDS & HIV. --- Health Care Issues. --- General. --- Colleges of higher education. --- Adult education, continuous learning. --- Education, Higher. --- Higher. --- Organizations & Institutions. --- Inclusive Education. --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Universities and colleges --- Community junior colleges --- Local junior colleges --- Municipal junior colleges --- Public community colleges --- Public junior colleges --- Public two-year colleges --- Two-year colleges --- Junior colleges --- Public universities and colleges --- HIV (Viruses) infections --- HTLV-III infections --- HTLV-III-LAV infections --- Human T-lymphotropic virus III infections --- Lentivirus infections --- Sexually transmitted diseases --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- HIV-infected persons --- HIV patients --- HIV-sero-positive persons --- HIV-seropositive persons --- People living with HIV/AIDS --- Positive persons, HIV --- -Sero-positive persons, HIV --- -Seropositive persons, HIV --- -Patients --- Patients