BPC-A: Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education

马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学提议建立一个联邦信息技术教育联盟（CAITE），以设计和实施综合方案，解决信息技术（IT）教育和劳动力的代表性不足问题。CAITE将重点关注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民族，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推广方案。该项目将包括与高中教师，工作人员和辅导员的工作。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使其制度化。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作为职业和进一步高等教育的门户方面发挥着核心作用。该项目将建立一个广泛的联盟，建立在其领导地位和与英联邦信息技术倡议（CITI），波士顿地区先进技术教育中心（BATEC），区域路易斯斯托克斯联盟和NSF EGEP计划，以及其他合作伙伴关系和倡议的合作伙伴关系，重点是信息技术教育和STEM管道问题。

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.