Strengthening the Community College Network for Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education

美国社区学院协会（AACC）正在开展一个项目，包括一系列三个相互关联的活动，旨在提高社区学院的科学，数学，工程和技术（SMET）教育的质量。 活动一。 1997年秋季，社区学院SMET教育工作者会议。 这是来自对科学和工程先进技术教育感兴趣的团体的代表的全国性会议，其中包括来自当前国家科学基金会（NSF）先进技术教育（ATE）项目和中心的主要研究人员，私营和公共部门领导人以及专业协会，以及其他关注此类计划的人。 活动二。 ATE计划的案例研究。 这项活动是一项为期四年的NSF ATE计划的研究。 该研究正在研究通过该计划取得的成就及其与该过程中其他利益相关者（企业，学校，四年制学院和大学等）的关系。 该案例研究集中在大约10个项目。 正在编写一本100至150页的专著，在整个社区学院社区广泛分发。 它被用来制定下文所述的活动三。 活动三。 1998年秋季，社区学院SMET教育工作者会议。 这次会议的目的是强调和讨论活动二中进行的评估的结果。 一份会议报告包括这些建议，目前正在与与会者分享，并分发给广大对中小企业有兴趣的受众。 *

The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is conducting a project consisting of a sequence of three interconnected activities designed to enhance the quality of science, mathematics, engineering, and technological (SMET) education in community colleges. Activity One. Fall, 1997 Conference of Community College SMET Educators. This is national meeting of representatives from groups interested in science and engineering advanced technological education, including principal investigators from current National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) projects and centers, private and public sector leaders, and professional associations, among others concerned about such programs. Activity Two. A Case Study of the ATE Program. This activity is a study of the four-year old NSF ATE program. The study is looking at what has been accomplished through the program and its relationship with other stakeholders in the process (businesses, schools, four-year colleges and universities, and others). The case study focuses on approximately ten projects. A 100 to 150 page monograph is being produced which is being widely distributed throughout the community college community. It is being used to shape Activity Three described below. Activity Three. Fall, 1998 Conference of Community College SMET Educators. The purpose of this conference is to underscore and discuss the findings of the assessment conducted in Activity Two. A conference report includes these recommendations and is being shared with conference participants and distributed to the larger community of SMET-interested audiences. *