An Alliance of Postsecondary Institutions Dedicated to the

Furtherance of International Education and Understanding Through

A Sharing of Experience

Purpose and Goals

There are obvious commonalties of purpose, programs, curriculum and instruction technical/community/further education institutions in Australia*, Canada*, New Zealand*, the United Kingdom*, United States*, and other countries in the world.  These commonalties notwithstanding, there have not yet developed a close interaction among the technical/community further education colleges in these countries. A better understanding of educational programs and developments could be mutually beneficial to institutions of each country, and cooperative activities could both improve and extend present educational offerings. Therefore, an alliance of technical/community further education colleges known as a postsecondary International Network (PIN) has been established.  (*PIN partners in the year 2007)

The purpose of the Postsecondary International Network (PIN) is to improve and expand the means by which the technical/community further education college serves its own community, and recognizing the community's place in an international setting. The goals of PIN are:

1.      To provide an international forum for studying critical issues that affect postsecondary education;

2.      To improve curricula to prepare students to live in a global society;

3.      To facilitate communications among areas of administration, curriculum, instructional methods, faculty, staff and student services;

4.      To provide an opportunity for networking and exchange for staff members; and to cooperate in arrangements for international visits;

5.      To share information about international contacts among PIN members;

6.      To share information about other agencies and associations that have similar interests; and

7.      To work in partnership with other PIN members in the delivery of programs and to involve the private sector.

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