Community College Presidents Initiative - STEM (CCPI STEM)

社区大学校长倡议 - STEM (CCPI STEM)

• 批准号: 2132510
• 负责人: Clayton Railey
• 金额: $ 444.86万
• 依托单位: Prince George's Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2132510&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Community; College; Presidents; Initiative; STEM

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.

据美国国家科学委员会称，到 2022 年，美国将出现约 340 万个熟练技术岗位的劳动力短缺缺口。这一统计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 教育和劳动力发展即将出现的短缺和现有需求。该项目名为“社区大学校长 STEM 倡议”(CCPI-STEM)，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）在其校园内宣传和支持地方、州和地区 STEM 教育、NSF ATE 资助和劳动力发展，从而服务于国家利益。该项目有两个主要重点：(a) 行政人员和董事会在社区大学 STEM 教育外部资助中的重要领导作用；(b) 有效拨款开发和实施、克服成功挑战所需的机构基础设施和能力。四个目标将指导该项目的执行。首先是促进社区大学校长、董事会和其他高级管理人员参与为其学院和社区制定 STEM 行动项目。其次是按地区识别和分析社区大学领导感兴趣和重要的需求和问题。第三，为现有和未来的社区大学校长和领导者开发和试点教学课程材料，以加强他们对 STEM 教育问题的理解。第四是加强与商界的合作，调查和促进 ATE 计划的经济影响。将建立七个区域网络 (RN)，每个网络均由一名社区大学校长领导，并与 AACC、ACCT 和创新联盟等国家组织以及工商界代表密切合作。每个注册护士将根据成员社区学院、企业和整个社区的意见制定自己的举措清单。 CCPI-STEM 还将与外部组织合作，例如经济建模专家国际组织。 (EMSI) 和 Burning Glass，评估 ATE 奖项对选定大学的经济影响。关于 ATE 资助和项目实施的课程材料将与社区大学研究生项目的领导者合作开发和测试。 STEM 教育的多样性、公平性和包容性将在 RN 的倡议中并通过外部资金和机构基础设施的棱镜得到解决。 CCPI-STEM 结果将通过 RN、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“有效的模型”。 CCPI-STEM 年度峰会将与 AACC 全国大会同时举行，将为国家层面的互动和传播提供一个论坛。该项目由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。