Sustainable Studies Clean Energy Programs and Certificates

可持续研究清洁能源课程和证书

• 批准号: 1104135
• 负责人: Kathleen Maiolatesi
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Holyoke Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1104135&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sustainable; Studies; Clean; Energy; Programs

This project is a collaborative alignment of programs at secondary and postsecondary institutions with regional industry and community-based organizations. It is designed to provide new college and career pathways through the implementation of a clean energy associate degree and clean energy certificates in solar, wind, and geothermal energy. The project builds on the current Sustainability Studies associate degree options in the Liberal Arts and Sciences Program at the college. The new certificate programs are being developed in response to industry requests for trained technicians in wind and solar energy. Students who complete these certificate programs are being prepared to enter the clean energy job market as installers of wind or solar thermal systems as well as energy efficiency auditors. Those students who select the Sustainability Studies Clean Energy option graduate with an A.S. degree prepared to enter the industry as trained energy technicians. Regional industry partners for the proposed project include the FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation, Beyond Green Construction, Energía LLC, Alteris Renewables, NorthEast Solar, TerraClime Geothermal, Pioneer Valley PhotoVoltaics, and member businesses of the Western Massachusetts Green Consortium. Articulation with area technical high schools is being facilitated through the Career Vocational Technical Education Linkages (formerly Tech Prep) program coordinated by the college. Academic collaboration between the college and its higher education partners in western Massachusetts is designed to meet growing student interest in sustainability and clean energy courses and is responsive to a statewide need for technical personnel in occupations related to the installation and monitoring of clean energy systems.Intellectual Merit: The Multidisciplinary Sustainability Studies options at the college have evolved from NSF/NEH/FIPSE supported curricular restructuring investments in Massachusetts community colleges. This project is allowing the college and its academic and industry partners to create new college and career pathways for the growing clean energy economy of the state. Within the framework of the Sustainability Studies curriculum, students enrolled in the new technical certificate programs (wind, solar, and geothermal) and the A.S. degree in Sustainable Energy are integrating technical skills with liberal arts instruction by selecting a concentration of general education coursework in environmental science, business, communications, or social equity.Broader Impacts: Careful 2+2+2 articulation with secondary schools and four-year institutions is ensuring that increased numbers of better prepared students are in the technical education pipeline. In addition, the project is emphasizing the recruitment, retention, and graduation of underrepresented, low-income, and first generation college students who reflect the changing K-12, college, and workforce demographics of the region. Curricula, courses, and certificates developed through the project are being shared across the state through the MassGREEN initiative of the 15 Massachusetts community colleges that was established in 2009 to develop and deliver clean energy workforce training programs and through the educational programming of the Western Massachusetts Green Consortium.

该项目是中学和中学后教育机构与区域工业和社区组织合作的方案。它旨在通过实施清洁能源副学士学位和太阳能，风能和地热能的清洁能源证书提供新的大学和职业途径。该项目建立在目前的可持续发展研究副学士学位的选择在大学的文科和理科课程。新的证书计划正在开发中，以响应行业对受过培训的风能和太阳能技术人员的要求。完成这些证书课程的学生正准备进入清洁能源就业市场，作为风能或太阳能热系统的安装人员以及能源效率审计员。那些选择可持续发展研究清洁能源选项的学生毕业于A.S.准备进入该行业作为训练有素的能源技术人员。拟议项目的区域行业合作伙伴包括FloDesign风力涡轮机公司、Beyond绿色建筑公司、Energía有限责任公司、Alteris可再生能源公司、东北太阳能公司、TerraClime Geclare公司、先锋谷光伏公司以及西马萨诸塞州绿色联盟的成员企业。与地区技术高中的衔接正在通过学院协调的职业技术教育联系（前技术准备）方案得到促进。学院与马萨诸塞州西部的高等教育合作伙伴之间的学术合作旨在满足学生对可持续发展和清洁能源课程日益增长的兴趣，并响应全州对清洁能源系统安装和监测相关职业技术人员的需求。学院的多学科可持续发展研究选项是从NSF/NEH/FIPSE支持的马萨诸塞州社区学院课程重组投资发展而来的。该项目使学院及其学术和行业合作伙伴能够为该州不断增长的清洁能源经济创造新的大学和职业途径。在可持续发展研究课程的框架内，学生参加了新的技术证书课程（风能，太阳能和地热）和A.S.在可持续能源学位是通过选择在环境科学，商业，通信，或社会公平的通识教育课程的浓度与文科教学整合技术技能。更广泛的影响：与中学和四年制院校仔细2+2+2衔接，确保更多的更好的准备学生在技术教育管道。此外，该项目强调招聘，保留和毕业的代表性不足，低收入和第一代大学生谁反映了该地区不断变化的K-12，大学和劳动力人口。通过该项目开发的课程，课程和证书正在全州范围内通过MassGREEN倡议的15个马萨诸塞州社区学院，成立于2009年，以开发和提供清洁能源劳动力培训计划，并通过西马萨诸塞州绿色联盟的教育规划共享。