Catalyzing Computing and Cybersecurity in Community Colleges (C5)

鉴于网络安全劳动力的供需失衡及其对国家安全和经济的影响，由Whatcom社区学院领导的学术机构团队将大幅增加两年制大学在这一关键领域的贡献。该项目有两个主要目标：(1)在三年内，将拥有由美国国家安全局（NSA）和国土安全部（DHS）赞助的“国家信息保障两年制教育卓越学术中心”（CAE2Y）称号的社区学院数量增加一倍；(2)创建并传播“CSP- cyber”，这是AP课程“计算机科学原理”（CSP）的网络安全主题版本，由大学理事会和美国国家科学基金会组织的计算机科学教育者团队正在最终确定。为了支持第一个目标，该项目将发展和加强一个由经验丰富、高效的教师导师组成的强大的国家网络，这些导师已经成功地完成了NSA的知识单元（KU）映射和CAE2Y应用过程。这些导师将与其他学院的教师一起完成CAE2Y申请，并将利用国家科学基金会的网络安全教育中心提供的资源，如国家网络观察中心、西部网络观察中心和系统安全和信息保障中心（CSSIA）。为了支持第二个目标，该项目将聘请cae2y指定学院的教师（以及那些寻求指定的学院）和其他计算机科学教育工作者，包括那些参与国家CSP课程开发的人，开发和试点计划中的网络安全主题CSP课程，培训社区学院的教师教授新课程，并在全国范围内传播。

Given the imbalance between supply and demand of cybersecurity workforce and its impact on national security and the economy, a team of academic institutions, led by Whatcom Community College, will dramatically increase the contribution of two-year colleges in this critical area. This project has two major goals:(1) in three years, double the number of community colleges holding the "National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance 2-Year Education" (CAE2Y) designation sponsored by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and(2) create and disseminate "CSP-Cyber," a cybersecurity-themed version of the AP course "Computer Science Principles" (CSP), which is being finalized by a team of computer science educators organized by the College Board and NSF.To support the first goal, the project will grow and strengthen a strong national network of experienced, effective faculty mentors who have successfully completed the NSA's Knowledge Units (KU) mapping and the CAE2Y application process. These mentors will work with faculty at other colleges to complete the CAE2Y application and will leverage the resources offered by NSF's ATE centers for cybersecurity education, such as the National CyberWatch Center, CyberWatch West, and the Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA). To support the second goal, the project will engage faculty at CAE2Y-designated colleges (as well as those seeking the designation) and other computer science educators, including those who have been involved in the development of the CSP course nationally, to develop and pilot the planned cybersecurity-themed CSP course, train community college faculty to teach the new course, and disseminate it nationally.