TITLE:   ATEEC Environmental Resource Center

FUNDING AGENCY:  National Science Foundation  

AMOUNT:   $ 370,405

PROJECT DIRECTOR:   Dr. Ellen Kabat Lensch
                                                          (District Office)

ABSTRACT:    here is a rapidly growing need for advanced technology environmental education programs to prepare students for the workplace of today and tomorrow.

To build a high performance environmental education infrastructure, the Eastern Iowa Community College District (EICCD), the Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE, and the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Environmental and Education Center will establish a national Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC). The vision is to create a world-class network of community college environmental programs linked with high schools that inform and prepare students for entry into these two-year programs.

The ATEEC will touch hundreds of instructors and improve the education of thousands of students throughout the nation. This grant will significantly expand and enhance its national Environmental Resource Center capabilities.