Posts Tagged ‘grant’
NEBHE Lands NSF Grant to Bring Problem Based Learning to Advanced Manufacturing
by Nicole Schepker
September 10, 2012
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) was awarded a three-year $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a New England-wide project titled Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Advanced Manufacturing: Transforming 21st Century Technician Education. Funding is provided through the NSF’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program to improve science, technology, engineering and ...
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Nellie Mae Education Foundation Seeks Consultant to Further Work in Proficiency-Based Pathways
by John O. Harney
October 22, 2010
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation posted an RFQ to its website for a consultant/consulting team to help guide its Proficiency-Based Pathways project.
The project aims to:
deepen the foundation’s understanding of the emerging sector of proficiency-based education systems; and support the development of quality proficiency-based pathways to high school graduation and beyond.Proficiency-based pathways would reform the educational process ...
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BFIT Sees Green in NSF Grant for Alternative Fuel Vehicle, Sustainable Automotive Programs
by Shoshana Akins
August 18, 2010
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology (BFIT) was awarded a grant of more than $360,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to introduce new two-year programs in Alternative Fuel Vehicle Operations and Maintenance and a bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Automotive Business Practices.
The programs aim to train and retrain technicians for hybrid vehicles, making BFIT the only ...
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