TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gullickson,Arlen R.
AU  - Lawrenz,Frances
AU  - Keiser,Nanette
TI  - Evaluating the upgrading of technical courses at two-year colleges: NSF's advanced technological education program 
T2  - Advances in program evaluation,
SN  - 9781849502832 (electronic bk.) :
AV  - T65 .E93 2004
U1  - 607.1/173 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Elsevier JAI
KW  - Junior colleges
KW  - Curricula
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Technical education
KW  - United States
KW  - Colleges of further education
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Education
KW  - Teaching Methods & Materials
KW  - Science & Technology
KW  - bisacsh
N2  - The National Science Foundations (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is a diverse and dynamic set of projects intent on improving the USA's technical workforce. This book uses the ATE work as a means to focus on key issues for federally funded projects and all community colleges facing the difficult challenges of staying current and reaching constituents in positive ways. This book brings a wealth of information on key issues for community colleges. Topics addressed include: how to sustain innovative programs; how to develop effective instructional materials; how to promote and maintain collaboration among various institutions including business and industry; how to provide high quality professional development; how to strengthen and improve programs of study; how to recruit and retain diverse students; how to evaluate and use evaluation effectively; and how to engage advisory committees to effectively serve program needs. In developing these topics, the authors drew heavily on previous research and a common set of evaluation studies including site visits at 13 different projects and surveys of more than 100 ATE projects
UR  - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1016/S1474-7863(2004)9
ER  -