North Texas Regional Technologies Center

德克萨斯州北部地区技术联盟结合了地区教育机构以及商业和行业合作伙伴的优势，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)的合作提供了获取尖端信息和成功的现有课程的途径，这些课程可以调整，从而可以将多种IT认证选项整合到具有副学士学位的课程中。衔接协议是在该地区高中和两年制大学之间以及两年制和四年制大学之间制定的。与NWCET的合作还为社区大学和高中的教师提供了负担得起的教育者到教育者专业发展研讨会的机会。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。这个实验室对工业界来说是一个试验台。行业委员会为该项目提供指导，并为教职员工和学生提供熟悉行业实践和关注的机会。与行业的双重招生程序有助于增加来自服务不足人群的学生数量。该项目开发了衡量IT注册人数增加以及雇主对参与该计划的员工的满意度的指标。

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.