Relying on high school transcripts rather than placement tests for determining which math and English courses incoming students can take has led to many more students enrolling in and passing gatekeeper courses at Guam Community…
Over three intense days during Mentor-Connect’s 2019 Technical Assistance and Grant Writing Workshop, faculty, administrators and grant writers on teams from 22 community colleges began as strangers — sometimes people from the same campus who…
Pamela J. Silvers isn’t sure if it’s more accurate to say she was a born a teacher or she was born a mentor. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More Posts
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 PattonMadeline Patton is an education…
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 PattonMadeline Patton…
Enthusiastic sharing of participants’ work-in-progress projects is a distinguishing characteristic of the annual Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators Conference. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More Posts
As F. Fleming Crim, chief operating officer at the National Science Foundation, pointed out Wednesday night, the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is “having a moment because it is so important to the nation.” Madeline…
As she did throughout her career as a NASA researcher and executive, Christine Darden took the time to talk informally with students at the 2018 Advanced Technological Education Principal Investigators Conference. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is…
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…