Physics Academia/Two-Year_Colleges

  • AAPT Area Committee on Physics in Two Year Colleges - American Association of Physics Teachers group for support and coordination of physics teaching at two year colleges.
  • AAPT Guidelines for Two-Year College Physics Programs - PDF-format booklet (35 pages, 848 KB). Printed copies may be requested from AAPT.
  • Characteristics of Two-year College Physics Faculty - Information from the 1996 AIP report.
  • Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics at Two Year Colleges (SPIN-UP/TYC) - A project to find exemplary physics programs at two-year colleges from which a large number of minorities and women enter science, technology, engineering or math programs at a four-year college or university. SPIN-UP/TYC also is documenting programs that encourage students to elect teacher preparation programs at four-year colleges or universities.
  • Testimony to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science - Professor Howard Voss, Chair Department of Physics and Astronomy at Arizona State University testifies about preparing K-12 science teachers and emphasizes the role of two year colleges.
  • TYC Physics Workshop Project - Joliet Junior College (IL), Lee College (TX) and the National Science Foundation team up to offer professional development workshops for two-year college physics teachers.

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