Planning Grant: Mid-Missouri Center for Manufacturing and Information Technology Education

该项目启动了高中、两年制大学和密苏里-哥伦比亚大学之间的衔接安排，为学生提供多种途径来加强他们的技术教育。涵盖的领域包括：工业自动化、传感器和识别技术、可编程逻辑控制、数据记录和采集、数据库开发和数据挖掘、计算机和控制器联网。作为这项规划拨款的一部分，其他领域也在探索中。该项目利用密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校的工程学院教学实验室，在晚间和夏季等“非工作时间”，高中和两年制专科项目可以在不产生重大资本支出的情况下使用技术设施。规划赠款启动了实现衔接伙伴关系的机制，包括与所有部门的潜在伙伴进行协商、确定方案切入点、课程影响以及设施的调度和利用。作为这一试点方案的一部分，密苏里大学工程学院的实验室设施正被用于哥伦比亚公立学校职业中心和州公平社区学院的教学和培训课程。

This project starts the development process leading to an articulation arrangement between high schools, 2-year colleges, and the University of Missouri-Columbia to provide multiple pathways for students to enhance their technical education. The fields covered include: industrial automation, sensor and identification technologies, programmable logic control, data logging and acquisition, database development and data mining, computer and controller internetworking. Other fields are also being explored as part of this planning grant. The project is using the College of Engineering teaching laboratories at the University of Missouri-Columbia during the "off hours," such as the evenings and the summer, when the high schools and two-year associate programs can access the technical facilities without incurring major capital expenditures. The planning grant sets into motion the mechanisms by which the articulation partnership can be realized, including the consultation of potential partners from all sectors, the definition of programmatic entry points, curriculum ramifications, and facility scheduling and utilization. As part of this pilot program the laboratory facilities of the University of Missouri College of Engineering are being used for the teaching and training curricula of the Columbia Public Schools Career Center and State Fair Community College.