Publications 

Reports, Research and Project Briefs:

• Community Colleges Impact K-12 STEM Teaching (PDF)
• Educating Biotechnicians for Future Industry Needs (PDF)
• ATE Projects Impacts: Partners with Industry for a New American Workforce
• TECHcitement: Advances in Technological Education 2008 (PDF)
• Project Brief: MentorLinks Advancing Technological Education, 2005-2007 (PDF)
• TECHcitement: Advances in Technological Education 2007 (PDF)
• Teaching By Choice: Cultivating Exemplary Community College Stem Faculty (PDF)
• TECHcitement: Advances in Technological Education 2006 (PDF)
• Advancing Technological Education: Keeping America Competitive (PDF, profiles of strategies and best practices of ATE Centers)
• TECHcitement:Advances in Technological Education 2004 (PDF)
• TECHcitement: Advances in Technological Education 2003 (PDF)
• TECHcitement: Advances in Technological Education 2002 (PDF, AACC/NSF ATE Program Information)
• Project Brief:  MentorLinks Advancing Technological Education, 2002-2004 (PDF)
• Research Brief:  Why Math? Applications in Science, Engineering, and Technological Programs, by Susan L. Forman and Lynn Arthur Steen (PDF)
• National Science Foundation Report:  Shaping the Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology

Community College Times Articles:

• ATE educators add 'green' to their duties (November 6, 2009)
• A mistake that led to a passion  (April 28, 2009)
• 'Fab labs' offer creative environment (February 17, 2009)
• GIS, other fields benefiting from MentorLinks (February 3, 2009)
• ATE initiative shines through students' success (November 24, 2008)
• ATE networking leads to ideas, collaborations (November 21, 2008)
• One-stop for ATE resources (November 21, 2008)
• Fundamental Skills are a must for biotch jobs (July 6, 2008)
• A bio curriculum that's free for the taking (July 6, 2008)
• MentorLinks transforms tech ed programs (December 7, 2007)
• ATE educators receive plaudits, new challenges (December 7, 2007)
• Community colleges critical to tech needs (November 9, 2007)
• NSF looks for more colleges (November 9, 2007)
• ATE projects receive well-deserved kudos (November 7, 2006)
• MentorLinks provides sounding board for ideas (November 7, 2006)
• ATE gets spotlight in president's plan (February 14, 2006)
• NSF leaders emphasize importance of ATE program (October 26, 2004)
• AACC will continue MentorLinks with NSF funds (October 26, 2004)
• ATE conference showcases student success stories (October 28, 2003)
• Proactive ATE grant puts community colleges in the thick of high performance computing (April 1, 2003)
• NSF values ATE innovations at annual conference (November 12, 2002)
• MentorLinks: bringing students and experts together (November 12, 2002)
• Va. Secretary of Ed on making learning relevant (November 12, 2002)
• Mentorship brings innovation, personal touch (October 16, 2001)
• Genetics pioneer got his start at community college (November 14, 2000)
• NSF celebrates its alliance with community colleges (May 2, 2000)
• Higher education for tribal youth is a difficult sell  (May 2, 2000)
• Top challenge is to educate technicians, panel told (December 14, 1999)
• Web courses 'explode traditions,' ATE conferees told (November 2, 1999)
• New AACC initiative to bolster technician education (August 24, 1999)

Community College Journal Articles:

• The ATE Program
  (October/November 2003, PDF)
• ATE Grants Impact Community Colleges
  (October/November 2003, PDF)
• We Teach How We Were Taught: The Role of Community Colleges in the Preparation of Our Future K-12 Teachers
  (October/November 2003, PDF)
• Measuring Industry's Return on Investment
  (October/November 2003, PDF)
• Tech Prep and ATE
  (October/November 2003, PDF)
• Transferring Teaching and Learning Research to the Classroom
  (October/November 2003, PDF)
• The Fight Against Terrorism: Bio-Threats and Community Colleges
  (February/March 2003, PDF)
• Biosecurity -- The Bio-Link Project
  (February/March 2003, PDF)
• Community Colleges and Cybersecurity Education
  (February/March 2003, PDF)
• Q&A: Community Colleges and the National Science Foundation: An interview with Norman Fortenberry and Bob Watson
  (August/September 1999, PDF)

Books:

• The Learning Edge: Advanced Technological Education Programs at Community Colleges, by James R. Mahoney and Lynn Barnett  --  This publication profiles some of the innovative and successful Advanced Technological Education programs at 13 community colleges.
• Students from the Learning Edge, by Tim Ashlock and Stephanie Wright  --  Designed as a companion piece to "The Learning Edge," this book profiles the stories of 22 students involved in ATE programs from 19 different colleges.
• Developing Technicians: Successful International Systems, edited by James R. Mahoney and Lynn Barnett  --  As the United States labor market and the number of jobs requiring technical skills increase, educators and employers focus on how people will acquire technical skills before they enter the workforce. This work presents descriptions of national technician-training systems from six developed countries that excel in workforce education and training.