These exchanges provide a framework for academic, personal and cultural experiences.
Students benefit by having the opportunity to study with a foreign educator.
When families are involved, a total life experience is felt. The actual number of annual community college participants is small, but the effect on individuals is substantial upon return to their classroom and their campuses. Fulbright Exchanges are the best known vehicles for this opportunity, but colleges sometimes initiate their own exchange programs, usually for periods of less than a year. Mesa College business faculty exchanged with faculty from Sydney Institute of Technology. Possible Japanese teacher interns to come Fall 1996.