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美国的稳定和增长至关重要。下一代制造业区域中心（RCNGM）的主要重点领域是改变对制造业职业的负面看法，并增加历史上代表性不足的少数民族，妇女和退伍军人在技术劳动力中的参与和成功。RCNGM为教育工作者，职业顾问，学生和家长创造了全国公认的材料，这些材料专注于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将通过在整个东北地区扩大社区学院/行业合作伙伴关系来扩大其合作伙伴关系，特别是在马萨诸塞州、缅因州、新罕布什尔州、罗得岛、佛蒙特州，并通过与全国先进技术中心联盟和全国劳动力改善协会合作。RCNGM资源中心将通过在线工具为先进制造在线学习提供示范资源（网站、网络研讨会和社交媒体），以及通过区域和国家专业会议，让RCNGM的利益攸关方参与进来。这些资源将帮助当前和未来的主要研究者确定和实施成功的材料和策略，以创建职业途径，包括证书和学位，包括可堆叠的证书和多个入口/出口点。资源中心还将通过增加示范性的、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，这些课程强调技术和专业技能。资源中心将促进先进制造业的职业生涯，重点是现代化的制造业职业形象，并传播成功的模式，招聘和留住先进制造业的学生。最后，资源中心将协调和支持区域和国家工业，商业和学术合作伙伴关系，这些合作伙伴关系有可能在全国社区学院建立可持续的网络，以推进制造业计划。 该项目由NSF先进技术教育计划资助，该计划专注于推动国家经济的先进技术领域的技术人员的教育。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.