North Texas Regional Technologies Center

北德克萨斯地区技术联盟结合了地区教育机构、商业和工业合作伙伴的优势，以改进信息技术（IT）计划，以增加劳动力可用的IT资源的数量和质量。与国家新兴技术劳动力中心（NWCET）的合作伙伴关系提供了最前沿的信息和成功的现有课程，这些课程可以适应，以便将多种IT认证选项集成到副学士学位课程中。衔接协议是在该地区的高中和两年制大学以及两年制大学和四年制大学之间制定的。与西北大学cet的合作还为社区学院和高中的教师提供了负担得起的“教育者对教育者”专业发展讲习班。柯林斯县社区学院的融合实验室为学生提供设备和技术互操作性的经验。这个实验室可供工业界用作试验台。行业委员会为该项目提供指导，并为教师和学生提供熟悉行业实践和关注的机会。与工业界的双重招聘过程有助于增加来自服务不足人群的学生人数。该项目开发了度量IT注册的增加和雇主对参与该计划的员工的满意度的度量标准。

The North Texas Regional Technology Consortium combines the strengths of regional educational institutions and business and industry partners to improve Information Technology (IT) Programs to increase the quantity and quality of IT resources available to the workforce. A partnership with the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) provides access to cutting edge information and access to successful existing curricula that can be adapted to so that multiple IT certification options can be integrated into associate degree bearing curricula. Articulation agreements are developed between high schools and two-year colleges and between two and four-year colleges in the area. The partnership with NWCET also provides access to affordable Educator-to-Educator professional development workshops for faculty in community colleges and high schools. A convergence laboratory at Collins County Community College provides students with experiences with interoperability of equipment and technologies. This laboratory is available to industry as a test bed. An industry council provides guidance to the project as well as opportunities for faculty and students to become acquainted with industrial practice and concerns. A dual recruitment process with industry helps increase the number of students from underserved populations. The project develops metrics for measuring increase in IT enrollments and in employer satisfaction with those employees who have participated in the program.