Planning Grant for Institution Level Reform for Adult Technological Education

在不同情况下处理技术人员教育的五个ATE中心与成人和体验式学习理事会(CAEL)合作，为其机构的体制改革做法确定基础。规划过程确定了机构实践中的共性和变异性，并包括记录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，这些研究可以澄清这些中心和机构与他们的成年学习者之间的关系，因为他们正在为高绩效行业的职业生涯做准备。该项目确定了ATE计划的有效做法和主要影响，并帮助确定了通过该计划进行机构改革的途径，以最好地服务于成年学习者和年轻学生。需要解决的问题包括接触未得到充分服务的人群，组织针对先前学习的学分的解决方案，平衡学分和非学分，以及解决将技能认证为可携带性的需要。涉及的学院包括马里科帕县社区学院区、斯普林菲尔德(MA)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.