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This 4-page resource, published by the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education, offers job search advice to photonics students. Written by graduates of photonics programs, the resource provides suggestions for new graduates to consider while job searching. Topics discussed include salary,...

This 21-page resource from SRI International explains what instructors need to successfully incorporate professional skills training into their technical courses. The report includes several sections that "define professional skills and their importance to technical careers, [...] describe the...

This webinar recording and slides, provided by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, discusses evaluation tools needed to measure enrollment and retention of women in STEM programs. The webinar covers the following topics: why gathering gender data is critical,...

This presentation and accompanying handouts from the first Workshop on Assessment of 21st Century Skills, given by Deborah Boisvert from Broadening Advanced Technological Education Connections​ (BATEC), reflects on work with employers to define, teach, and assess 21st century skills of computer...

This 1-page resource, created by Lori Wingate of EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, is intended to assist users in identifying different groups of stakeholders in an evaluation. The worksheet helps identify stakeholders from four aspects of evaluation,...

This resource, provided by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, is a 2-page template that provides assistance in identifying a National Science Foundation (NSF) project's intellectual merit and broader impacts. The template provides a brief explanation of...

This 34-page article, published by Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, presents the results from interviews with National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grantees and provides "insights into how some community college technician programs have approached...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. This episode of ATETV focuses on high school programs that help students make a seamless transition into college, how new simulation and game development skills provide an opportunity for a career...

This webinar, published by Western Michigan University Evaluation Center, introduces impact evaluation and how it can be implemented in ATE projects. Presented by Lyssa W. Becho and Michael Lesiecki, the video covers the basic tenets of impact evaluation, strategies for determining casual...

This 16-page resource, provided by the Center for Occupational Research and Development (U.S.), is a guide for implementing the BILT (Business & Industry Leadership Team) Model of Business Engagement. This model "... puts businesses in a co-leadership role for college technical programs so they have...