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» AAPT Guidelines for Two-Year College Physics Programs    PDF-format booklet (35 pages, 848 KB). Printed copies may be requested from AAPT.    http://www.aapt.org/Resources/tycguidelines.cfm

» Characteristics of Two-year College Physics Faculty    Information from the 1996 AIP report.    http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/highlite/tyc/tyc3.htm

» 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    http://www.aapt.org/Projects/spinup-tyc.cfm

» 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.    http://tycphysics.org/

» 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.    http://www.house.gov/science/voss_061099.htm