Students enrolled in STEM courses – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – at any college in the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) can now co-enroll in Texas A&M University’s acclaimed engineering program. Debra Dennisis…
After their first year in MentorLinks, the 11 faculty-administrator teams participating in the STEM technician education improvement initiative report that following their mentors’ advice has led to positive outcomes. Madeline Pattonis an education writer based…
It’s early evening, and you get an email from your college president saying she is at dinner with a potential donor and misplaced her credit card. You’re asked to pay for the bill electronically by…
Cybercrime is a multi-billion dollar global industry and it grows exponentially each year. Tabitha Whissemoreis a contributor to Community College Daily and managing editor of AACC’s Community College Journal.More Posts – Website
Working with industry to determine the skills and breadth of knowledge that advanced technology employers will need technicians to have in three to five years is what two-year college educators leading Advanced Technological Education (ATE)…
Community college students had an unusual opportunity to share their opinions with policymakers recently when members of the National Science Board’s Task Force on the Skilled Technical Workforce held a “listening session.” Madeline Pattonis an…
It was a meeting on workforce issues, but the use of data threaded through many of the discussions at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s second annual National Workforce Conference on Tuesday. Matthew Dembickiis editor of…
Enthusiastic sharing of participants’ work-in-progress projects is a distinguishing characteristic of the annual Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators Conference. Madeline Pattonis an education writer based in Ohio.More Posts
Community college educators who serve as principal investigators of Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) often instigate broader changes at their campuses while working on the STEM technician education innovations…
Mary Patton says she did not have any “career skills” when Barbara Taylor, the instructor of the networking course she took her first semester at Collin College in Texas, suggested attending an info session about…