A partnership with different regional settings
Hezel Associates’ external evaluation identified a partnership of ten colleges across nine states, led by Anne Arundel Community College. Its institution table supplied the locations below, and its student questionnaire identified the technical tracks associated with each college. Those are historical assignments within the National STEM Consortium. They are not a catalog of present college programs. The general institutional details come from the individual Wikipedia entries and describe the colleges’ backgrounds, without implying that a consortium certificate is available.
The evaluation explained that the common technical curriculum was customizable for regional labor markets. Its recommendations also acknowledged differences in institutional culture, student populations, resources, and scheduling systems. Reading the membership list alongside the track assignments shows how a shared project could contain distinct local contributions. The names of the tracks linked below lead to explanations of their subjects; they do not establish a present route into a college.
Anne Arundel Community College · Maryland
The evaluation located the lead college in Arnold, Maryland and associated it with Cyber Technology and Mechatronics in its college and program lists. Wikipedia’s Anne Arundel Community College entry describes a public community college founded in 1961, originally named Anne Arundel Junior College. The college’s coordinating role was separate from those technical-track assignments: it led and managed the consortium as a whole. The distinction helps explain why the lead institution appeared both in the partnership’s administration and in the teaching work described by the evaluation.
Clover Park Technical College · Washington
The evaluation placed Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood, Washington and listed Composites Technology as its consortium track in the student questionnaire. Its Wikipedia entry describes a public community college with a main campus in Lakewood and traces its origins to a War Production Training program begun in 1941. That background places the institution’s technical identity in a longer history than the consortium project. Within the evaluation’s program list, Clover Park’s contribution focused on composites rather than the broader mix of track names associated with several other members.
College of Lake County · Illinois
Hezel Associates listed College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois, with Environmental Technology and Mechatronics in the evaluation’s program list. Wikipedia’s college entry describes a public community college in the greater Chicago metropolitan area and records that a referendum established its district in 1967. The environmental and mechatronics assignments belonged to the same participating institution, although they represented separate technical tracks. For comparison, a college’s general institutional background and its role in a particular grant initiative answer different questions; neither should substitute for the other.
Cuyahoga Community College · Ohio
Cuyahoga Community College appeared in the evaluation at Cleveland, Ohio, with Composites Technology, Cyber Technology, and Mechatronics in the historical track list. Wikipedia’s entry identifies it as a public community college in Cuyahoga County, founded in 1963, and describes its multi-campus district in Northeast Ohio. The location in the evaluation was therefore a concise institutional location, rather than a complete description of the district’s geography. Its consortium role likewise involved a collection of technical subjects, rather than an institution devoted only to the grant project.
Florida State College at Jacksonville · Florida
The evaluation located Florida State College at Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida and associated it with Cyber Technology, Environmental Technology, and Mechatronics in the student questionnaire. The Wikipedia entry describes a public college, a member of the Florida College System, and an institution established in 1965 as Florida Junior College. Its consortium participation crossed computing, environmental, and automation subject areas. The institution’s state-college identity should not obscure that it participated in the same shared certificate-development effort as the other members named in the evaluation.
Ivy Tech Community College · Indiana
Hezel Associates listed Ivy Tech Community College’s location as Indiana, with 24 locations statewide, in the institution table. The questionnaire associated it with Cyber Technology, Electric Vehicle Technology, Environmental Technology, and Mechatronics, in the program list. Its Wikipedia entry describes a public community college system and records its founding in 1963 as Indiana’s Vocational Technical College. The evaluation’s statewide location described a system, rather than a single city campus. Its track list should be read at that institutional level, without assigning every subject to every location.
Macomb Community College · Michigan
Macomb Community College was listed at Warren, Michigan, and the questionnaire identified Electric Vehicle Technology as its consortium track in the external evaluation. Wikipedia’s entry describes a multi-campus community college, records its establishment in 1954, and explains that its initial classes used a local high school after hours. That institutional history concerned the college’s beginnings, not the start of the consortium pathway. Macomb’s assignment also illustrates why the membership list and track list need to be read together: belonging to the partnership did not mean participation in every technical subject.
NorthWest Arkansas Community College · Arkansas
The evaluation used the name NorthWest Arkansas Community College and placed the institution in Bentonville, Arkansas, with Cyber Technology and Environmental Technology in its questionnaire. Wikipedia’s college entry describes a public community college with a main campus in Bentonville, established on August 15, 1989 by voters in the Bentonville and Rogers school districts. Its early classes used buildings around the community before dedicated facilities were available. That background adds institutional setting to the consortium’s short location entry while leaving the historical technical-track assignments distinct from the college’s wider activities.
Roane State Community College · Tennessee
Roane State Community College appeared at Harriman, Tennessee, with Mechatronics in Hezel Associates’ program list. The Wikipedia entry describes a public community college in eastern Tennessee, authorized by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1969, and governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents. Harriman was the main-campus location used by the evaluation. The institution’s wider regional setting should not be confused with a statement that the consortium operated everywhere the college had a presence. The cited assignment identifies the technical subject associated with Roane State in the project, without expanding it into an unsupported local program inventory.
South Seattle Community College · Washington
The evaluation named South Seattle Community College at Seattle, Washington, with Composites Technology in the student questionnaire. Wikipedia’s South Seattle College entry describes a public community college founded in 1970, situated in West Seattle and Georgetown, and identifies South Seattle Community College as its earlier name. The profile therefore retains the name used in the evaluation while identifying the institution described by the general reference. South Seattle and Clover Park were the Washington participants in the evaluation’s list, sharing a technical-track subject while remaining separate colleges.
How to read the assignments
The student questionnaire was structured to show certificate-program choices associated with the college selected by a respondent. Its lists support the pairings presented here. They should not be expanded into claims about additional specializations, completion schedules, or present academic awards. The evaluation’s institution table and questionnaire served different purposes: the former identified the partners and their locations, while the latter connected institutions with historical technical tracks. For any present college program, the institution concerned sets its own arrangements and should be asked directly.