The California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Excellence (CREATE)

研究表明，国家面临着训练有素的工程技术人员的严重短缺。传统的工程技术教育将不足以使学生为未来高性能工作场所的职业做好准备。社区大学可以在消除这种短缺和应对未来需求方面发挥重要作用，但先进工程技术课程的成本限制了任何一所大学有效满足需求的能力。与行业的联系将帮助大学跟上技术的快速变化。加州地区技术教育工程进步联盟(CREATE)是由七所社区学院和70多家工程技术雇主共同努力的。通过这个项目，该联盟开发了两年和三年的课程，这些课程都是从工程技术的共同核心课程开始的。然后，每个校区提供两到五个先进的技术专业。来自任何一所参与学院的学生将能够转学到联盟中的任何其他学院。这一独特的地区性方法使CREATE联盟能够：(A)重塑科学、数学、工程和技术(SMET)课程。(B)满足所有学生的需要，包括低收入、代表不足的学生，以及那些以前不会考虑工程技术的学生。(C)与行业一起成长，满足未来高性能工作场所的需求。(D)为现有行业员工提供升级培训。(E)提高和加强工程技术教育的地位。(F)在课堂和实验室培养新的教学方法。

Research shows that the nation faces a serious shortage of highly trained engineering technicians. Traditional engineering technology education will not be adequate to prepare students for occupations in the high performance workplace of the future. Community colleges can play a major role in eliminating this shortage and respond to future needs, but the cost of advanced engineering technology programs limits the ability of any one college to effectively meet the demand. Links to industry will help colleges keep pace with rapid changes in technology. The California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education (CREATE) is a joint effort of seven community colleges and over 70 engineering technology employers. Through this project, the Consortium has developed two and three year programs which all begin with a common core curriculum in engineering technology. Each campus then offer two to five advanced technological specialties. Students from any one participating college will be able to transfer to any other college in the Consortium. This unique regional approach allows the CREATE Consortium to: (a) Reinvent science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) curricula. (b) Serve the needs of all students, including low income, underrepresented, and those who previously would not have considered engineering technology. (c) Grow with industry and meet future needs of the high performance workplace. (d) Provide upgrade training to current industry employees. (e) Enhance the status of, and strengthen, engineering technology education. (f) Nurture new teaching methodologies in the classroom and laboratory.