Community College Presidents Initiative - STEM (CCPI STEM)

根据美国国家科学委员会的数据，到2022年，美国将面临大约340万个熟练技术工作岗位的劳动力短缺缺口。这一数据和其他类似的统计数据呼吁社区大学采取行动，解决STEM教育和劳动力发展方面迫在眉睫的短缺和现有需求。该项目名为STEM社区大学校长倡议(CCPI-STEM)，旨在通过努力激励、启发和激励社区大学领导层(包括大学校长、董事会成员和副校长)公布和支持地方、州和地区的STEM教育、NSF ATE资助和校园劳动力发展，从而服务于国家利益。该项目有两个主要重点：(A)管理人员和董事会在社区学院STEM教育外部资金方面的重要领导作用，以及(B)有效开发和实施赠款所需的体制基础设施和能力，以克服成功的挑战。四个目标将指导这一项目的执行。首先是促进社区学院校长、董事会和其他高级管理人员参与为他们的学院和社区制定STEM行动项目。第二是按地区识别和分析社区学院领导感兴趣和重要的需求和问题。第三是为现有和未来的社区学院校长和领导人开发和试行测试教学教材，这将加强他们对STEM教育问题的理解。第四是加强与企业界的合作，调查和促进ATE计划的经济影响。将建立七个地区网络(RN)，每个网络由一名社区学院校长领导，与AACC、ACCT和创新联盟等国家组织以及工商界代表密切合作。每个RN将根据成员社区学院、企业和整个社区的意见制定自己的倡议清单。CCPI-STEM还将与外部组织合作，如经济建模专家国际组织。(EMSI)和Burning Glass，以评估ATE奖项在选定大学中的经济影响。将与社区大学研究生项目负责人合作开发和测试有关ATE资金和项目实施的课程材料。STEM教育的多样性、公平性和包容性将在区域教育网络的倡议中得到解决，并通过外部资金和机构基础设施的棱镜加以解决。CCPI-STEM成果将通过区域网络、网站以及国家、区域和地方会议和场所广泛传播。将制定并广泛传播具体的指南和出版物，包括“可行的模式”。CCPI-STEM年度首脑会议将与非盟全国大会一起举行，将为国家一级的互动和传播提供一个论坛。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划专注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NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

According to the National Science Board, by 2022 the U.S. will experience a workforce shortage gap of approximately 3.4 million skilled technical jobs. This and other similar statistics are a call to action for community colleges to address the impending shortage and existing need for STEM education and workforce development. This project, the Community College Presidents Initiative in STEM (CCPI-STEM), serves the national interest through its efforts to galvanize, enlighten, and inspire community college leadership including college presidents, board members, and vice presidents to promulgate and support local, state, and regional STEM Education, NSF ATE funding, and Workforce Development on their campuses. The project has two major emphases: (a) the important leadership role of administrators and Boards of Trustees in community college external funding for STEM education, and (b) the institutional infrastructure and capacity necessary for effective grant development and implementation, overcoming challenges to success. Four objectives will guide the execution of this project. First is to catalyze the engagement of community college presidents, boards of trustees, and other senior administrators in developing STEM action items for their colleges and communities. Second is to identify and analyze the needs and issues of interest and importance to community college leaders by region. Third is to develop and pilot test instructional curricular materials for existing and future community college presidents and leaders that will strengthen their understanding of STEM education issues. Fourth is to strengthen collaborations with the business community that investigate and promote the economic impact of the ATE program. Seven Regional Networks (RNs), each led by a community college president in close collaboration with national organizations including AACC, ACCT, and the League of Innovation, as well as with representatives of business and industry will be developed. Each RN will formulate its own list of initiatives with input from member community colleges, businesses and its community at large. CCPI-STEM will also work with external organizations, such as Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI) and Burning Glass, to assess the economic impact of ATE awards in select colleges. Curricular materials on ATE funding and program implementation will be developed and tested in collaboration with leaders of community college graduate programs. Diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM education will be addressed in the initiatives of the RNs and through the prism of external funding and institutional infrastructure. CCPI-STEM results will be broadly disseminated through the RNs, a website, and national, regional and local conferences and venues. Specific guides and publications, including “Models that Work,” will be developed and broadly disseminated. The CCPI-STEM Annual Summit, to be held in conjunction with the AACC National Convention, will provide a forum for interaction and dissemination on a national level. 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.