Dual Enrollment Technician Pathways and Careers in Electronics Engineering and Computer Integrated Machining

该项目旨在招收农村高中生参加社区大学技术员学位课程，这些学位课程与该地区的制造业工作有关。项目活动包括：1)开发新的电子工程技术双重招生计划，2)在高中和大学辅导员、教师和教职员工、家长和学生中提高对电子工程和计算机集成加工技术员的内容和职业潜力的认识，3)提供夏令营等活动，以增加高中和大学技术双招生计划的招生人数，以及4)通过外部培训和重返行业计划教育高中和大学辅导员关于技术员职业的知识。智力优势：该项目正在通过建立在计算机集成加工领域的试点双招生技术员计划来改善学生在工程技术员计划方面的学习。它正在采用佛罗里达州、康涅狄格州和南卡罗来纳州ATE中心的材料、方法和营销材料。为了增加学生在制造业从事高薪工作的机会，该项目将重点放在目前该领域代表性不足的群体，特别是女性。有强大的机构支持，与公立学校系统、制造商和经济发展社区建立了牢固的伙伴关系。更广泛的影响：为了弥补地区制造商面临的技能差距，该项目正在为地区制造商发展和加强一条不依赖现有工人再培训的熟练员工管道。制造商、社区大学和高中之间建立了密切的合作伙伴关系，以应对制造业不断变化的技术，以确保它们的长期盈利能力。双重招生计划的扩大为学生提供了以前没有人了解的新的职业选择，并通过同时关注女性和男性来增加一倍的渠道。从长远来看，该项目的成功有助于开发更多的技术员双重招生计划，并为高中生创建了一个可供其他农村社区借鉴的模范职业学院。

This project is designed to recruit rural high school students into community college technician degree programs that are linked to manufacturing jobs in the region. The project activities include: 1) developing a new Electronics Engineering Technology dual-enrollment program, 2) creating awareness among high school and college counselors, teachers and faculty, parents and students on the content of and career potential for Electronics Engineering and Computer-Integrated Machining technicians, 3) providing activities including summer camps to increase the recruitment of female and male high school students to dual enrollment technology programs, and 4) educating high school and college counselors on technician careers through externships and return to industry programs. Intellectual Merit: The project is improving student learning in engineering technician programs by building on a pilot dual enrollment technician program established in computer-integrated machining. It is adapting materials, methods, and marketing materials from ATE Centers in Florida, Connecticut, and South Carolina. To increase opportunities for students to work in high paying jobs in manufacturing, the project is focusing on groups that are currently underrepresented in the field, particularly females. There is strong institutional support and there are strong partnerships with the public school system, manufacturers, and the economic development community. Broader Impact: In order to meet the skills gap faced by regional manufacturers, the project is developing and strengthening a pipeline of skilled employees for area manufacturers that is not dependent on incumbent worker retraining. The creation of a close partnership between manufacturers, the community college and the high schools is providing a response to changing technology in manufacturing to ensure their long term profitability. The expansion of dual enrollment programs is affording students new career options not previously understood and doubling the pipeline by focusing on both females and males. Long term, the success of the project is enabling the development of additional technician dual enrollment programs and creating a model Career Academy for high school students that can be adapted by other rural communities.