ABSTRACT
This chapter develops a better understanding of the movement toward an international curriculum. It discovers the move is out of step with the goals of higher education. The move to adopt an international curriculum is driven by an eagerness to promote economic globalization. The move toward an international curriculum has been lucrative for colleges, but in the rush to transform the community college into a global institution, staff and faculty became inclined to adopt a naive, uncritical, nearly cartoon-like appreciation for all things international. In particular, supporters of the new curriculum are reluctant to use the views of others to raise questions about the actions or behaviors of international businesses. The international curriculum is aimed at equipping students with skills related to opening new labor markets. In the community college curriculum, the chapter gives scant attention to the battles waged by nonprofit organizations struggling to address the social and ecological problems that burgeon in the wake of economic "progress".
