Changing course
On September 25, a Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile passed high over the small South Pacific island and U.S. territory of Guam in a People’s Liberation Army test, triggering agitation on the island as to whether…
Academic programs
Snapshots: ATE 2024
A few candid photos from the 2024 Advanced Technological Education Principal Investigators’ Conference held in Washington, D.C., October 23-25. The American Association of Community Colleges manages the annual event with support from the National Science…
Emerging opportunities in the airways
Urban air mobility (UAM) is moving into a new phase thanks to technological advances and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issuing a final rule on October 22 about the qualifications and training for pilots and…
Turning inmates into students
4,460. That’s the number of incarcerated individuals who earned a GED through the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) from 2020 to 2024. And during the same period, enrollments in the GED prep classes,…
A tool to gauge ‘needed math’
Two-year college educators worked through technical workplace scenarios developed by the Needed Math Project at a workshop before the start of the 2024 Advanced Technological Education Principal Investigators’ Conference on Wednesday. The project, funded by…
Leveraging AI for equity in teaching and learning
As generative AI becomes an integral part of higher education, community colleges stand at a critical juncture. While AI tools, such as ChatGPT and others, have the potential to transform teaching and learning by offering…
Enrollment grows, but not among freshmen
Editor’s note: The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center announced on January 13, 2025, that it erred in its fall 2024 freshmen and dual-enrollment estimates released in October 2024. Read the article. Dual enrollment and adult…
A modernized CTE framework for a changing world
In the last 20 years, technology and the workforce have changed dramatically. That was the impetus for Advance CTE to update the National Career Clusters Framework. First published in 2002, the framework was designed, with…
Higher ed’s responsibility to use OERs
Open educational resources (OER) represent more than just cost-saving tools — they are a significant social innovation. Experts from every field — the humanities, the sciences, business, technology and education — voluntarily contribute their time…
Creative partnerships built through ATE
Partnerships with industry and academic institutions are required for Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grants. But how recipients of these National Science Foundation awards form and use partnerships is not prescribed. Consequently, the two-year college educators…