Update on two-year college activity

ABSTRACT

In December of 2003, I had the pleasure of participating in a discussion arranged by the staff of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science regarding the impact of community colleges on the development of a technological workforce. Recognizing the natural relationship between the two-year college setting and the need for a national effort to ensure a properly trained and prepared body of employees, the National Science Foundation (NSF) established in 1995 the Advanced Technology Education (ATE) funding program. This USHR forum provided an opportunity to highlight some of the exemplary programs funded by the NSF ATE program.