Next Generation Manufacturing Resource Center

发展多元化、具有全球竞争力的先进制造业劳动力对于美国的稳定和增长至关重要。下一代制造区域中心 (RCNGM) 的主要关注领域是改变对制造业职业的负面看法，并提高历史上代表性不足的少数族裔、女性和退伍军人在技术劳动力中的参与度和成功率。 RCNGM 为教育工作者、职业顾问、学生和家长制作了全国认可的材料，重点关注选择社区大学作为制造业高薪职业的下一步。在该奖项的支持下，RCNGM 计划建立 NSF ATE 资源中心。 RCNGM 将通过扩大整个东北地区（特别是马萨诸塞州、缅因州、新罕布什尔州、罗德岛州、佛蒙特州）的社区学院/行业合作伙伴关系，并与国家先进技术中心联盟和国家劳动力改善协会合作，扩大其合作伙伴关系。RCNGM 资源中心将通过在线工具（网站、网络研讨会和社交媒体）以及通过与 RCNGM 利益相关者互动的区域和国家专业会议，为先进制造在线学习提供示范性资源。这些资源将帮助当前和未来的主要研究人员确定和实施成功的材料和策略，以创建职业道路，包括证书和学位，包括可叠加的证书和多个进入/退出点。该资源中心还将通过增加强调技术和专业技能的示范性、行业驱动的先进制造课程的可用性和多样性来促进行业、商业和学术伙伴关系。该资源中心将促进先进制造业职业发展，重点是现代化制造业职业形象，传播先进制造业招聘和留住学生的成功模式。最后，资源中心将协调和支持地区和国家工业、商业和学术伙伴关系，这些伙伴关系有可能创建一个可持续的网络，以推进全国社区学院的制造项目。 该项目由 NSF 先进技术教育计划资助，该计划重点关注推动国家经济发展的先进技术领域的技术人员教育。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The development of a diverse, globally competitive advanced manufacturing workforce is critical to US stability and growth. Major areas of focus for the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (RCNGM) have been to change negative perceptions of manufacturing careers and to increase the participation and success of historically underrepresented minorities, women, and veterans in the technical workforce. RCNGM has created nationally-recognized materials for educators, career counselors, students, and parents that focus on choosing community colleges as a next step to high paying careers in manufacturing. With support of this award, RCNGM plans to establish an NSF ATE Resource Center. RCNGM will broaden its partnerships by expanding community college/industry partnerships throughout the Northeast, specifically in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and by partnering with the National Coalition for Advanced Technology Centers and the National Association for Workforce Improvement.The RCNGM Resource Center will provide exemplary resources for advanced manufacturing online learning via online tools (website, webinars, and social media), as well as through regional and national professional conferences that engage the RCNGM's stakeholders. These resources will assist current and prospective principal investigators to identify and implement successful materials and strategies for creating career pathways that include certificates and degrees that include stackable credentials and multiple entry/exit points. The Resource Center will also foster industry, business, and academic partnerships by increasing the availability and variety of exemplary, industry-driven advanced manufacturing curricula that emphasize both technical and professional skills. The Resource Center will promote advanced manufacturing careers with a focus on modernizing the image of manufacturing careers and disseminating successful models for recruiting and retaining students in advanced manufacturing. Finally, the Resource Center will coordinate and support regional and national industry, business, and academic partnerships that have the potential to create a sustainable network for advancing manufacturing programs at community colleges nationwide. This project is funded by the NSF Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.