A National 2 Year Associate Degree Program in Environmental Technology

国家环境技术两年制副学士学位课程

• 批准号: 9553753
• 负责人: Stephen Swanson
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-10-01 至 1997-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9553753&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: National; Year; Associate; Degree; Program

The Department of Defense (DoD) has funded the first-year development activities necessary to create a two-year Community College Associate of Arts Degree in Environmental Technology. Kansas State University (KSU), as one of the recipients of the funding, has assembled faculty teams to write the curriculum and a media production team to produce and disseminate it. Although it was the original intent of the DoD, it is now apparent subsequent-year funding will not be forthcoming. Consequently, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has a rare opportunity to fund a program in which $840,000 of infrastructure is already in place. For example, there are 20-plus committed community colleges prepared to implement the curriculum and develop second-year courses. A national consortium of industry supporters, such as AFL/CIO, Boeing, and Allied Signal Aerospace, Inc., are on-board to advise on program development. State-of-the-art technologies, such as satellite instructional delivery access, CD-ROM development equipment, and media production equipment, have been purchased and totally committed to this program. Current funding from the DoD is being used to develop curriculum materials, but second, third, and fourth-year funding is absolutely necessary to implement the curriculum. Full development and implementation of the complete two-year environmental technology program will not occur without NSF support. The proposal explicitly demonstrates the infrastructures already created by DoD's first-year funding, and clearly emphasizes activities necessary for program completion by subsequent-year funding from the NSF.

美国国防部（DoD）资助了创建两年制社区学院环境技术副学士学位所需的第一年发展活动。堪萨斯州立大学（KSU）作为基金的接受者之一，已经组建了教师团队来编写课程，并组建了一个媒体制作团队来制作和传播课程。虽然这是国防部最初的意图，但现在很明显，下一年的资金将不会到来。因此，美国国家科学基金会（NSF）有一个难得的机会来资助一个项目，其中84万美元的基础设施已经到位。例如，有20多所社区学院准备实施该课程并开发二年级课程。一个由工业支持者组成的国家联盟，如AFL/CIO、波音公司和联合信号航空航天公司，都在为项目开发提供建议。最先进的技术，如卫星教学传输通道、CD-ROM开发设备和媒体制作设备，已被购买并完全用于该计划。目前来自国防部的资金用于开发课程材料，但第二、第三和第四年的资金对于实施课程是绝对必要的。如果没有美国国家科学基金会的支持，完整的两年环境技术计划的全面开发和实施将不会发生。该提案明确展示了国防部第一年资金已经创建的基础设施，并明确强调了由NSF随后一年的资金完成项目所必需的活动。