Partnership for the Advancement of Chemical Technology (PACT)

迈阿密大学米德尔敦分校与俄亥俄州的主要化学工业和一个由两年制和四年制学院和高中组成的区域联盟合作，正在建立一个化学技术教育区域联盟。通过将学术课程与当今的工业化学更紧密地联系起来，该项目吸引了更多的学生从事化学职业，并提高了化学技术人员的教育质量。 该项目设想了四类活动：1）课程开发; 2）教材开发; 3）教师和教师提高; 4）学生提高和外展。高中和大学教师有资格参加教师工业实习计划，参与者将在合作伙伴行业工作一个夏天或一个学年的一部分。 同样，硕士高中教师和两年制大学教师正在与工业化学家合作开发课程和教学材料。还定期举办专题讨论会和专题研讨会。 该项目是建立在全国知名的八年历史的合作伙伴为了不起的科学工业/学术合作伙伴关系和计划设在中心化学教育在迈阿密大学米德尔敦，以及现有的合作努力的财团成员。该项目是区域和国家发展改进的化学技术人员教育的典范。

Miami University Middletown, in partnership with the major chemical industries in Ohio and a regional consortium of two-year and four-year colleges and high schools, is establishing a regional consortium for Chemical Technology Education. By bringing academic courses into closer touch with today's industrial chemistry, the project is attracting additional students to careers in chemistry and improving the quality of education of chemical technicians. Four categories of activities are envisioned for the project: 1) Curriculum Development; 2) Instructional Materials Development; 3) Faculty and Teacher Enhancement; and 4) Student Enhancement and Outreach. High school and college faculty are eligible for a Teacher Industrial Internship Program in which participants spend a summer or part of an academic year working in partner industries. Similarly, master high school teachers and two-year college faculty are working in collaboration with industrial chemists in developing curriculum and instructional materials. Symposia and special topic seminars are also being organized on a regular basis. The project is being built upon the nationally known eight-year old Partners for Terrific Science industrial/academic partnership and programs housed in the Center for Chemical Education at Miami University Middletown, as well as existing collaborative efforts of the consortium members. This project is serving as a model for regional and national development of improved chemical technician education.