Expanding Pathways and Support for Transportation Technology Education and Careers at an Urban Minority Serving Institution

费城社区学院交通技术项目将重新设计外展和招聘策略，以吸引、招募和招收更多的女学生参加交通技术（T-Tech）项目。这将创造一种“边学边赚”的方法，成功地缩小妇女在技术领域的性别差距，并培训和安置更多的技术人员从事可持续就业。作为指定的少数族裔服务机构和以黑人为主的机构，大多数学生来自低收入家庭；该项目的重点是支持学生完成短期培训和以工作为基础的学习经验，使他们能够在上学的同时获得更高的工资，并在自己选择的职业道路上获得晋升。该项目有可能扩大STEM专业和STEM领域中代表性不足的群体的参与，同时鼓励更多女性选择提供更高工资和增长潜力的职业道路。该项目将通过协同解决行业和学生需求的综合方法，促进T-Tech教育和技术STEM教育的知识和理解。课程设计结合了学校和行业的资源和专业知识，为学生提供了一个从入学到完成和过渡到劳动力中可持续工作的有效支持的课程，满足了行业对入门级和高级技术人员的需求。该ATE项目旨在扩大女性在T-Tech项目中的参与，并在完成课程后为所有入学学生提供学术和专业支持。费城社区学院将与美国国家贸易、技术与科学女性研究所（IWITTS）合作，让更多的女学生参与T-Tech，并制定招聘、留用和就业安置计划，这些计划可以复制和扩展，以提高学生在STEM领域的整体成功。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。

This Community College of Philadelphia ATE project will redesign outreach and recruitment strategies to attract, recruit and enroll more female students in the Transportation Technologies (T-Tech) programs. This will create a “Learn and Earn” approach to successfully close the gender gap for women in technology and train and place more technicians into sustainable employment. As a designated Minority Serving Institution and Predominantly Black Institution where the majority of students are low-income; this project focuses on supporting the completion of short-term training and work-based learning experiences where students can earn higher wages and advance within their chosen career path while still enrolled in school. This project has the potential to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM majors and STEM fields while encouraging more women to choose career paths that provide higher wages and growth potential. This project will advance knowledge and understanding within T-Tech education and technical STEM education through an integrated approach that synergistically addresses industry and student needs. Program design accesses both college and industry resources and expertise to provide a program for students that effectively supports them from enrollment through completion and transition to sustainable jobs in the workforce, meeting industry needs for entry-level and advanced technicians. This ATE project is designed to broaden the participation of women in the T-Tech program and support all enrolled students both academically and professionally as they complete the program. In partnership with the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science (IWITTS), the Community College of Philadelphia will engage more female students in T-Tech and create recruitment, retention, and job placement plans that can be replicated and scaled to improve overall student success in STEM. 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.