Planning Grant for Institution Level Reform for Adult Technological Education

五个解决不同背景下技术人员教育问题的技术培训中心与成人和体验式学习委员会（CAEL）合作，为其机构的机构改革实践确定基础。规划过程确定了机构实践中的共性和可变性，并记录了为成年人服务的优势。这项试点研究的结果为进一步的研究提供了方向，可以澄清中心和机构与成人学习者的关系，因为他们准备在高绩效行业的职业生涯。该项目确定了ATE项目的有效实践和关键影响，并帮助确定了通过该项目进行机构改革的途径，以最好地为成人学习者和年轻学生服务。需要解决的问题包括向服务不足的人群伸出援助之手，组织针对先前学习的信贷解决方案，平衡信贷和非信贷提供，以及解决对可移植性技能进行认证的需求。所涉及的学院包括马里科帕县社区学院区、斯普林菲尔德（马萨诸塞州）技术社区学院、米德尔塞克斯（新泽西州）社区学院、大陆学院和旧金山城市学院。

Five ATE Centers addressing technician education in different contexts work together with the Council on Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) to define a basis for institutional reform practices at their institutions. The planning process identifies commonalities and variability in institutional practices, and includes documentation of strengths in serving adults. The results of this pilot research suggest directions for further research that can clarify the relationships of the centers and institutions with their adult learners as they prepare for careers in the high performance industry. The project identifies effective practices and key impacts of the ATE program and helps identify routes to institutional reform through the program that best serve adult learners as well as younger students. Questions to be addressed include reaching out to underserved populations, organizing solutions for credit for prior learning, balancing credit and non-credit offerings, and addressing the need to credentialize skills for portability. The colleges involved are Maricopa County Community College District, Springfield (MA) Technical Community College, Middlesex (NJ) Community College, College of the Mainland, and San Francisco City College.