NSF Org:	DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education
Recipient:	MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Initial Amendment Date:	April 12, 2006
Latest Amendment Date:	May 5, 2008
Award Number:	0603379
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Don Millard dmillard@nsf.gov  (703)292-4620 DUE  Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	July 1, 2006
End Date:	November 30, 2010 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$0.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$899,972.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2006 = $292,369.00 FY 2007 = $299,644.00 FY 2008 = $307,959.00
History of Investigator:	Richard Hansen (Principal Investigator) rick.hansen@domail.maricopa.edu Ui Luu (Co-Principal Investigator) Clyde Perry (Co-Principal Investigator) Tom Reyman (Co-Principal Investigator) Michael Corry (Co-Principal Investigator) Mary Vanis (Former Principal Investigator) Carlos Nunez (Former Co-Principal Investigator) Michael Lesiecki (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Maricopa County Community College District 2411 W 14TH ST TEMPE AZ  US  85281-6941 (480)731-8402
Sponsor Congressional District:	04
Primary Place of Performance:	Maricopa County Community College District 2411 W 14TH ST TEMPE AZ  US  85281-6941
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	04
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	L2V3TUBLQR27
Parent UEI:	L2V3TUBLQR27
NSF Program(s):	Advanced Tech Education Prog
Primary Program Source:	04000809DB NSF Education & Human Resource
Program Reference Code(s):	1032, 9178, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	741200
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

The Maricopa Community College District (MCCD) is cooperating with four of its member community colleges and the Maricopa Advanced Technical Education Center (MATEC) to work with local industries to keep pace with the changes in industrial needs for technicians. Specific local industries that have committed support to this project are Intel, Avnet and ON Semiconductor. HTWI is:
1. Establishing a unique model program for creating and broadly disseminating reusable skills in areas of emerging technology;
2. Reforming curriculum and delivery to meet industry needs and requirements and to provide students with a relevant, rigorous and interdisciplinary course of study; and
3. Redefining Maricopa Colleges' outreach and retention strategies to attract more students into the high-tech manufacturing fields to meet future employment needs.

The plan includes close working arrangements between the College District and industry to define industrial needs, develop curriculum to address those needs, provide faculty development through externships, and recruit new students, especially underrepresented populations and adult learners.

The project expects to have 12 faculty participate in summer externships, produce 24 curriculum modules, impact up to 720 students in the four participating community colleges, and impact additional students through national dissemination. With a modular-based curriculum, modules can be changed as the industrial needs change, thus allowing for continuous updating. The project expects to recruit an additional 100 students from local high schools into the technician programs at the community colleges. This is accomplished by a campaign to develop positive and accurate public images of the work of technicians, images that reflect technicians continually meeting new challenges through critical thinking and problem solving.

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