Advancing ATE in the Community College Field

这个为期三年的项目是一系列的五个相互关联的活动，旨在加强先进的技术教育计划，鼓励在更多的社区学院发展与ATE相关的课程，并使教育领域和公众了解这些计划的成就。 这些活动建立在美国社区学院协会（AACC）以前努力的成功基础上。他们支持新兴的社区学院网络，致力于提高本科科学，数学，工程和技术教育。 最重要的是，这些活动旨在丰富和扩大处于改革前沿的学院和学校的现有网络，为寻找挑战性领域的解决方案提供建议，并传播有关成功方案及其国家意义的信息。 项目活动包括： (a)1999年、2000年和2001年的三次全国ATE会议， (b)通过以下方式传播有关ATE计划和目标的信息 AACC出版物、演讲、专题报道、会议 会议记录、列表服务器和网页， (c)一个AACC ATE指导计划，以帮助社区学院加强 科学、数学、工程和技术课程， (d)两份AACC研究简报，涉及所有人感兴趣的领域 社区学院寻求维持强大的科学，数学， 工程和技术方案，以及 (e)评价

This three-year project is a series of five interrelated activities designed to enhance the Advanced Technological Education program, to encourage the development of ATE-related programs in more community colleges, and to make known to the education field and the public the accomplishments of these programs. The activities build on the successes of previous efforts of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). They support the emerging network of community colleges dedicated to improving undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering and technology education. Most importantly, the activities aim to enrich and expand the current network of colleges and schools in the forefront of reform, to offer recommendations for finding solutions to challenging areas, and to disseminate information about successful programs and their national significance. The project activities are: (a) Three National ATE Conferences in 1999, 2000, and 2001, (b) Dissemination of information about ATE programs and goals through AACC publications, presentations, feature stories, conference proceedings, a listserv, and a Web page, (c) An AACC ATE Mentoring Program to help community colleges strengthen science, mathematics, engineering, and technology programs, (d) Two AACC Research Briefs addressing areas of interest to all community colleges seeking to sustain strong science, mathematics, engineering, and technology programs, and (e) Evaluation.