National Center for Excellence in Advanced Technological Education Presented by Community College for Innovative Technology Transfer (CCITT)

CCITT是一个由12所社区学院组成的国家联盟，他们正在计划建立一个国家先进技术教育卓越中心。联盟成员包括：佛罗里达州布里瓦德社区学院；俄亥俄州凯霍加社区学院；加州富特希尔学院；约翰·c·卡尔霍恩学院；加州帕萨迪纳城市学院；珠江学院理学硕士；马里兰州乔治王子社区学院；弗吉尼亚州托马斯·纳尔逊社区学院；圣哈辛托社区学院、大陆学院、阿尔文学院和李学院的联盟成员。这12所社区学院通过它们与9个NASA领域中心的参与和长期的专业教学支持联系在一起。与地区大学和学校系统建立联系，以最大限度地衔接技术教育项目。该中心正在制定计划，为课程和教师发展计划以及支持这些计划的教育媒体建立一个国家信息中心，以将科学和数学融入技术教育计划。目前正在设计课程设计、师资加强、外展服务、媒体发展和产品传播活动，以提高全国社区学院和技术机构先进技术教育课程的质量。目前正在建立一个先进的全国电信和布告板传送系统，以促进全国教员之间具有成本效益的信息共享，并支持创造性的远程学习模式。

CCITT is a national consortium of twelve community colleges who are planning for a National Center of Excellence in Advanced Technology Education. Consortium members are: Brevard Community College, FL; Cuyahoga Community College, OH; Foothill College, CA; John C. Calhoun College, AL; Pasadena City College, CA; Pearl River College, MS; Prince George's Community college, MD; Thomas Nelson Community College, VA; and Houston, TX - based Consortium Members San Jacinto Community College, College of the Mainland, Alvin College, and Lee College. These twelve community colleges are linked through their involvement with, and long-term specialized instructional support for nine NASA Field Centers. Linkages are established with area universities and school systems to maximize articulation of technological education programs.The Center is developing plans to establish a national clearinghouse for curricular and faculty development programs as well as educational media supporting these programs to infuse science and mathematics into technological education programs. Curriculum design, faculty enhancement, outreach services, media development and product dissemination activities are being designed to enhance the quality of advanced technological education programs at community colleges and technical institutions nationwide. An advanced national telecommunications and bulletin board delivery system is being established to facilitate cost-effective sharing of information among faculty on a national basis, and to support creative models for distance learning.