Planning Grant for Institution Level Reform for Adult Technological Education

五个ATE中心在不同的背景下处理技术人员教育问题，与成人和体验式学习理事会合作，为各自机构的机构改革做法奠定基础。 规划过程确定了机构做法的共性和差异，并包括记录为成年人提供服务的优势。 这项试点研究的结果提出了进一步研究的方向，可以澄清的中心和机构与他们的成人学习者的关系，因为他们准备在高性能行业的职业生涯。 该项目确定了ATE计划的有效做法和主要影响，并帮助确定通过该计划进行机构改革的途径，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得不到充分服务的人口伸出援手，为以前的学习安排学分解决办法，平衡学分和非学分提供，以及解决对可移植技能进行认证的需要。 涉及的学院有马德拉县社区学院区、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、大陆学院和旧金山弗朗西斯科城市学院。

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.