Considers the influence of the U.S. community college model on short-cycle education in Canada, Germany, Austria, and Brazil, and its potential in Iran. Notes the involvement of numerous countries in the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges. Describes the Canadian community colleges, German/Austrian Volkshochschule, and Brazilian…

This essay presents background information and suggests teaching stragegies to aid community and junior college classroom teachers of history and civilization as they develop and implement educational programs on Latin American music. It is based on the premise that Latin American music can best be understood as a reflection of other historical…

Brazil's education of its emerging middle class is compared in this paper with the U.S. community colleges' education of their middle and lower class constituency. First, introductory comments argue that, just as there are stratified technological levels within the labor market, levels of knowledge can also be distinguished, pointing to access to…