BPC-A: Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education

马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校建议建立英联邦信息技术教育联盟(CAITE)，以设计和实施全面的计划，解决信息技术(IT)教育和劳动力方面的代表性问题。CAITE将专注于在马萨诸塞州创新经济中代表性不足的群体中的妇女和少数群体；即经济、学术和社会弱势居民。该项目将在三个地区(一个农村、一个郊区和一个城市)试行一系列由教育途径支持的外展计划。该项目将包括与高中教师、工作人员和辅导员的合作。CAITE将确定最佳做法，并在全州和全国范围内传播、部署、推广这些最佳做法并将其制度化。社区学院是CAITE的核心，因为它们在接触服务不足的人群以及成为职业生涯和继续高等教育的门户方面发挥着核心作用。该项目将在其在英联邦信息技术倡议(CITI)、波士顿地区高级技术教育中心(BATEC)、地区Louis Stokes联盟和NSF EGEP计划以及其他专注于信息技术教育和STEM管道问题的伙伴关系和倡议的领导和伙伴关系的基础上建立一个广泛的联盟。

The University of Massachusetts Amherst proposes to develop a Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE) to design and carry out comprehensive programs that address under representation in information technology (IT) education and the workforce. CAITE will focus on women and minorities in groups that are underrepresented in the Massachusetts innovation economy; that is, economically, academically, and socially disadvantaged residents. The project will pilot a series of outreach programs supported by educational pathways in three regions (one rural, one suburban, and one urban). The project will include work with high school teachers, staff, and counselors. CAITE will identify best practices and disseminate, deploy, extend and institutionalize these best practices statewide and nationally. Community colleges are the centerpiece of CAITE because of the central role they play in reaching out to underserved populations and in serving as a gateway to careers and further higher education. This project will build a broad alliance built on its leadership in and partnership with the Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative (CITI), the Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Center (BATEC), regional Louis Stokes Alliances and NSF EGEP programs, and other partnerships and initiatives focused on information technology education and STEM pipeline issues.