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The South Carolina Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence is a statewide systemic initiative designed to increase the quantity, quality and diversity of engineering technology graduates throughout the state's 16 technical colleges. An integrated, problem-based curriculum, collaborative teaching strategies and extensive active learning techniques, together with faculty and student teamwork, form the cornerstone of the SC ATE's strategy to recruit, retain and graduate more students in engineering technology programs.
The Center is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the SC State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. SC ATE is one of 11 NSF-sponsored Centers of Excellence in the nation and the only Center of Excellence in the Southeast.
SC ATE has achieved critical milestones on the road to designing and implementing a model of faculty development, program improvement, and curriculum reform. The key to SC ATE success continues to be reform-ready faculty acting as change agents for development and delivery of innovative engineering technology curriculum and promoting program improvement. SC ATE's critical lesson learned is the proven effectiveness of exemplary faculty leading grassroots reform.
The Center has identified four critical success factors (essential accomplishments) that are guiding its work:
Continuing development of pre-engineering technology and first-year engineering technology curricula.
Faculty development that supports the most effective teaching methodologies and creating learning environments that model the workplace.
Recruitment and retention of students, particularly women and minorities.
Development of a statewide model for creating a seamless pipeline for educational opportunities for students to become well-qualified engineering technology technicians.
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SC ATE National Resource Center for Engineering Technology Education
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Logging on to the Future Through Engineering Technology Education
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