Building a Career Pathway from High School into the Workforce for Skilled Technicians in Electrical, Industrial, and Process Engineering Technology

工程和制造业对劳动力技术人员的需求不断增长。为了满足这一需求，什里夫波特南方大学打算提供关键的技术教育，使学生能够发展行业所需的技能。为此，该项目将建立一条从高中到劳动力的教育途径，并为工程和制造技术人员的职业生涯提供多个切入点。该项目将加强学术和行业利益相关者之间的合作，以减少电气、工业和过程工程技术方面的技术人员获得学位的时间。新的学术途径将包括高中学生的双重入学选择，可以获得技术证书，也可以应用于工程技术的两年制和四年制学位。该项目旨在加速学生的学术和技术技能，以填补中等技能的工作，从而准备熟练的STEM毕业生为国家的生产力和创新做出贡献。在这个项目中，什里夫波特南方大学打算解决当地和全国工程技术人员的劳动力短缺，缺乏代表性不足的人口，以及加强他们的合作网络以支持学生成功的需要。该项目将利用四门双招生课程，通过这些课程，高中生将能够获得工程技术证书。完成证书的学生可以在进入路易斯安那州南方大学系统的三所学院时转换他们的学分。高中和社区大学教师的专业发展将允许课程修改，这将进一步使学习成果与雇主的期望保持一致。什里夫波特南方大学希望通过提供夏季桥梁活动、实习和指导机会来保持其工程技术项目的强大学生入学率。项目成果将通过区域和国家会议以及高级技术教育中央储存库分享。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Engineering and manufacturing industries have a growing demand for workforce-ready technicians. To help fill this need, Southern University at Shreveport intends to provide critical technical education that enables students to develop industry-needed skills. To do so, this project will build an educational pathway that spans from high school to the workforce, and that provides multiple entry points into engineering and manufacturing technician careers. The project will strengthen collaboration among academic and industry stakeholders to decrease time to degree for workforce-ready technicians in Electrical, Industrial, and Process Engineering Technology. The new academic pathway will include dual enrollment options for high school students that can result in a technical certificate and can be applied to two- and four-year degrees in Engineering Technology. This project intends to accelerate students’ academic and technical skills to fill middle-skill jobs, thus preparing skilled STEM graduates to contribute to the nation’s productivity and innovation.In this project, Southern University at Shreveport intends to address the local and national workforce shortage for engineering technicians, the absence of underrepresented populations, and the need to strengthen their collaborative network to support student success. The project will leverage four dual enrollment courses through which high school students will be able to earn a Certificate in Engineering Technology. Certificate completers will be able to transfer their credits as they enter any of three Southern University System colleges in Louisiana. Professional development for high school and community college faculty will allow for course revisions that will further align learning outcomes with employer expectations. Southern University at Shreveport expects to maintain a strong enrollment of students in their Engineering Technology programs by offering a summer bridge activity, internships, and mentorship opportunities. Project outcomes will be shared through regional and national conferences as well as through the Advanced Technical Education Central repository. This project is funded by the 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.