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This study discusses how human service agencies implemented systems to improve service coordination through structural integration or interagency collaborative service delivery systems. Findings identified integration and change leadership principles, including clear processes to implement a powerful vision, a strongly committed executive team, stakeholder involvement, and aggressive marketing of the goals.

"The best part of the trip was the community work…I would have liked to build more homes…lots of meaningful things were exchanged between us and the community members." Student Testimonials, La Gloria, Mexico (2009) AbstractIn an era of significant social, political, and economic globalization, it is crucial for health and human services educators to adopt a more hands on international view vis-à-vis student education. This article presents information that will assist educators in extending domestic service learning concepts and activities into the undergraduate international study arena. The authors also introduce a research framework for further data collection and analysis. Finally, the article shares lessons learned and presents a continuum that features five milestones, institutional support, faculty buy-in, agency partnership, student engagement, and pre-post assessment that contribute to the successful incorporation of service learning activities.

Educators and student affairs professionals are responding to the call for internationalizing education to keep pace with social, political, and economic globalization. This article provides a qualitative description of the transformation and globalization of an undergraduate college. Successful implementation of a college-wide international initiative is derived from the congruence between an academic agenda, student personal goals, and an institutional priority of globalization. Ultimately, an international experience benefits students academically and in personal growth and maturity.

Study abroad might be associated primarily with humanities or business majors, but San Diego State University has mandated an international experience for all its health and human services students. Here's why.