PFI: PIIT: Partners for Innovation in Information Technology

这个创新伙伴关系（PFI）项目是中田纳西州立大学（MTSU）， NSF PFI毕业生（0227754）和PFI计划的两个新机构（定义为从未获得PFI资助的机构）之间的III型（a: C）伙伴关系：阿拉巴马a&m大学和纳什维尔州立社区学院（NSCC）。美国劳工统计局（Bureau of Labor Statistics）预计，2006年至2016年间，美国IT行业的职位空缺总数将达到160万个。由于IT相关专业的入学人数减少和保留率低，只有一半的人数可以填补，这种短缺的情况在田纳西州也有反映。目前，纳什维尔地区对IT专业人员的需求估计高达每月1200人。然而，田纳西州中部的大学每年最多毕业380名与IT相关的学士学位毕业生。为了解决增加该地区合格IT专业人员数量的需求，该项目寻求通过建立一个基础设施，将管道中的所有利益相关者——学术（授予博士学位的大学、社区学院、阿拉巴马州附近县的HBCU）、以及田纳西州和阿拉巴马州的公立高中)以及田纳西州和阿拉巴马州地区的当地企业（通过IT商业协会）。为了解决大学级别的IT学生的招聘和保留问题，提出了一系列相互关联的活动（包括学生夏令营的主题，如爱丽丝动画、机器人和多媒体设计），旨在激励、挑战和激发兴趣，并提供学习经验，使学生能够更好地学习。研究更相关，他们的简历更有竞争力。本地资讯科技企业和学术机构与高中学生/教师/家长的直接接触，将对资讯科技专业和毕业生的人数产生积极影响。实际问题和项目的数据库以及由此产生的案例研究将广泛分发，为其他IT教育工作者提供使用的示例。由信息技术创新伙伴（PIIT）创建的模式将产生更多训练有素的IT专业人员，帮助解决全国IT劳动力危机。项目启动时的合作伙伴是学术机构：中田纳西州立大学（MTSU）（牵头机构）、阿拉巴马a&m大学、纳什维尔州立技术社区学院（NSTCC）、卢瑟福县学校（TN）、戴维森县学校（TN）；麦迪逊县学校（AL）；私营部门（公司）组织：Mind2Marketplace (AL和TN)；和政府机构：田纳西州政府。

This Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) project is a Type III (A: C) partnership between Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), an NSF PFI graduate (0227754), and two institutions new to the PFI Program (defined as ones that have never been PFI grantees): Alabama A&M University and Nashville State Community College (NSCC). The Bureau of Labor Statistics projected the total number of IT job openings in the U.S. to be 1.6 million between 2006 and 2016. Only half of that number will be filled due to decreased enrollment and low retention rates in IT related majors, and this shortfall situation is mirrored in Tennessee. Currently, the estimated demand for IT professionals in the Nashville area is as high as 1,200 per month. However, the universities in middle Tennessee are graduating a maximum of 380 graduates per year with an IT related baccalaureate degree. In order to address the need to increase the numbers of qualified IT professionals in the region, the project seeks to develop a national recruitment and retention model for IT workforce development by building an infrastructure to bring together all the stakeholders in the pipeline--academic (a PhD granting university, a community college, an HBCU in a nearby county in Alabama, and public high schools in both Tennessee and Alabama) and local business (through IT business associations) in the Tennessee and Alabama region. What is proposed to address both the recruitment and retention of IT students at the college level is a set of interrelated set of activities (including student summer camp topics such as Alice animation, robotics, and multimedia design) intended to motivate, challenge, and intrigue as well as to provide learning experiences which make the students? studies more relevant and their resumes more competitive.The direct involvement of local IT business and academic institutions with high school students/teachers/parents will have a positive impact on the number of IT majors and IT graduates. The database of real-world problems and projects and resulting case studies will be widely distributed providing examples for other IT educators to use. The model created by Partners for Innovation in Information Technology (PIIT) will result in a greater number of better trained IT professionals helping address the national IT workforce crisis.Partners at the inception of the project are Academic Institutions: Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) (lead institution) , Alabama A&M University, Nashville State Technical Community College (NSTCC), Rutherford County Schools (TN), Davidson County Schools (TN); and Madison County Schools (AL); Private Sector (Corporate) Organizations: Mind2Marketplace (AL and TN); and Governmental Organizations: Tennessee State Government.