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

费城社区学院ATE项目将重新设计推广和招聘战略，以吸引、招聘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”的办法，成功地缩小妇女在技术方面的性别差距，并培训和安排更多的技术人员从事可持续就业。作为一个指定的少数民族服务机构和主要是黑人机构，其中大多数学生是低收入的;该项目的重点是支持短期培训和工作为基础的学习经验，学生可以赚取更高的工资，并在他们选择的职业道路上前进，而仍然在学校注册完成。该项目有可能扩大STEM专业和STEM领域代表性不足的群体的参与，同时鼓励更多妇女选择提供更高工资和增长潜力的职业道路。该项目将通过一种综合的方法，协同解决行业和学生的需求，促进T-Tech教育和技术STEM教育的知识和理解。程序设计访问大学和行业资源和专业知识，为学生提供一个程序，有效地支持他们从入学到完成和过渡到劳动力中的可持续工作，满足行业对入门级和高级技术人员的需求。该ATE项目旨在扩大妇女在T-Tech计划中的参与，并在完成该计划时在学术和专业方面支持所有入学的学生。在与国家妇女贸易，技术科学研究所（IWITTS）的合作伙伴关系，费城社区学院将吸引更多的女学生在T-Tech和创建招聘，保留和就业安置计划，可以复制和扩展，以提高学生在干的整体成功。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。

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.