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This 17-page paper, provided by the National Center for Supply Chain Automation, highlights the importance of a technology focused interdisciplinary approach to supply chain management in the current manufacturing warehouse environment. "This paper discusses the supply chain technologies, 21st...

These resources, developed by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, include ten hints and ten fatal flaws to consider while preparing an ATE proposal's evaluation plan. The first resource is a 1-page summary of these hints. The other 5-page resource includes...

This webinar, provided by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, discusses the retrospective pretest method for evaluating professional developmental training activities. Webinar objectives include design retrospective pretest questions; analyze and report data...

This 50-page report, provided by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, includes the findings of the annual survey of the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) projects. "The purpose of the survey was to better understand the nature of the ATE projects and to...

This 4-page document was developed by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) for the 2019 NSF Annual Report. This resource summarizes the results from seven years worth of data from on-line longitudinal surveys of attendees from past Summer Working Connections faculty professional...

This 4-page document, provided by Columbus State Community College, includes information about the interactive Educator Bus Tour held on October 31, 2017. This resource includes a description of the event, event agenda, and tips on planning a bus tour. The Building an Academic Pathway for Industrial...

This video provides information about the Badge Pathway at Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, and covers topics such as what digital badges are, how to participate, and the college scholarship that students may be eligible for upon completion of the program. The video runs...

This presentation by Louise Yarnall of SRI International was given to the Workshop on Assessment of 21st Century Skills, held in January 2011. In it, Yarnall discusses STEM workforce growth areas, how the technicians that will fill these jobs are taught, skills that employers seek, and a new vision...

This 8-page paper, provided by the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science, discusses three mistakes educators make while attempting to recruit and retain women in STEM programs. Mistakes include Ineffective "Feel Good" Career Events, Not Appealing to Female Interests in STEM,...

This 20-page paper, by Janet Washborn of Wisconsin's Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was written to explore "patterns of and influences in student attrition in manufacturing and engineering technologist and technician education programs." In hopes of uncovering...