Pathways to Technology: The Community College Route

该项目通过制作和传播一系列基于媒体的产品，展示了目前在全国各地社区大学开展的一系列开创性的先进技术教育（ATE）项目。该项目还开展了一项强有力的外展活动，以唤醒学生、家长、指导和职业顾问、政策制定者和社区学院本身认识到这些项目的巨大潜力。五盘15分钟的录像带说明了在农业、生物技术、化学或工艺技术、信息技术和制造业等领域成功的ATE计划。每个视频介绍两个学生，突出种族，地理和年龄的多样性反映在社区大学的人口统计。此外，还有一个从图书馆中抽取的介绍性视频，也以CD-ROM格式制作，概述了全国社区学院的示范ATE课程。一个配套的网站正在扩展视频中讨论的主题，通过文本、互动活动、该系列的流媒体片段和相关站点的链接提供更多信息。一个国家咨询小组正在指导该项目的所有方面。传播活动的特点是广泛分发系列录像、概览光盘和印刷指南，以方便使用。此外，通过与美国社区学院协会（AACC）、美国学校辅导员协会（ASCA）和未来就业公司（Jobs for the Future, Inc.）的合作，彼得森学院、《今日美国》和《美国新闻与世界报道》出版的在线社区大学指南中，可以使用公共信息来发布有关该系列的列表和文章。该项目还致力于触及Phi Theta Kappa的500万会员，并通过普通教育分销商营销该系列。所有的项目材料都是为社区学院在招生、教育政策制定者和鼓励工商企业扩大参与技术培训项目时使用的工具而设计的。该项目的目的是在学生（如高中生、老年人、失业工人）和支持他们的人（如指导顾问、工作场所主管和父母）探索教育和职业选择时，将社区大学带到考虑的最前沿。

This project is showcasing a diverse range of ground-breaking Advanced Technology Education (ATE) programs currently operating in community colleges across the country, through production and dissemination of a series of media-based products. The project also features a robust outreach campaign to awaken students, parents, guidance and career counselors, policymakers, and community colleges themselves to the enormous potential of these programs.Five 15-minute videotapes illustrate successful ATE programs in such fields as Agriculture, Biotechnology, Chemical or Process Technology, Information Technology, and Manufacturing. Each video profiles two students, highlighting the ethnic, geographic, and age diversity reflected in community college demographics. In addition, an introductory video, drawn from the library as a whole and also produced in CD-ROM format, provides an overview of exemplary ATE programs in community colleges across the country. A companion Web site is expanding on the topics addressed in the videos, providing additional information through text, interactive activities, streamed clips from the series, and links to related sites. A National Advisory Group is guiding all aspects of the project.Dissemination activities feature widespread distribution of copies of the video series, the overview CD-ROM, and print guides to facilitate use. In addition, through partnerships with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), and Jobs for the Future, Inc., there is use of common messaging to place listings and articles about the series in the online community college guides published by Peterson's, USA Today, and U.S. News and World Report.The project is also working to reach the 5 million members Phi Theta Kappa and marketing the series via general educational distributors. All project materials are designed for use as tools by community colleges in recruiting students, educating policymakers, and encouraging expanded involvement of business and industry in ATE programs.The intention of the project is to bring community colleges to the forefront of consideration when students (e.g., high schoolers, older-adults, displaced workers) and those who support them (e.g., guidance counselors, workplace supervisors, and parents) are exploring educational and career options.