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Bailey, Thomas R.; Morest, Vanessa Smith – Community College Research Center, 2004
Community colleges are complex institutions serving a multitude of constituencies with dozens of programs and activities. However, this was not always the case; community colleges (once called junior colleges) were initiated a century ago with the focused purpose of providing the first two years of a four-year college education. The concept of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Organizational Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness, Organizational Objectives
Bailey, Thomas R.; Matsuzuka, Yukari; Jacobs, James; Morest, Vanessa Smith; Hughes, Katherine L. – 2003
This document reports on a study conducted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that examines the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. ATE aims to promote systemic reform of the nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The study analyzed the influence of the ATE program on the nature of STEM…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Engineering Education, Mathematics
Bailey, Thomas R.; Matsuzuka, Yukari; Jacobs, James; Morest, Vanessa Smith; Hughes, Katherine L. – Community College Research Center, 2004
In response to the 1992 Scientific and Advanced Technology Act (SATA), the National Science Foundation (NSF) initiated the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program to promote systemic reform of the nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The Act gave community colleges the central role for the…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Articulation (Education), Instructional Materials, College Faculty