May 25, 2001

Community Colleges Become a Force in Developing Nations Worldwide

By BETH McMURTRIE

Economic needs lead higher-education systems to move beyond the elites

Behind a busy street in Shanghai stands a small, drab high school. The building offers little light and no heat, even on the coldest winter day. A few struggling potted plants are the only decorations.

During the day, teenagers at this vocational school learn how to make furniture. But in the evenings, it becomes something else entirely: a community college. Here, government employees and the unemployed are

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