Regional Center For Nuclear Energy Education and Training (RC-NET)

印第安河州立学院建立了核教育和培训区域中心（RC-NET）。该中心确保以统一、系统的方式满足美国东南部对熟练核技术人员的需求。RC-NET的一些目标是为技术人员创建一个全面的课程，开发或加强区域学院的培训计划，提供通往高等教育和本科研究的职业道路，并提供远程访问昂贵而独特的培训组件。该区域中心为核工业提供培训资源、课程库和专业知识来源，同时改善整个工业的沟通和协作。RC-NET得到了该地区大学的支持。合作伙伴包括15所学院，3所大学和27个行业合作伙伴。总的来说，这个群体代表了培训和行业专家的临界质量。通过协调和支持一个能够扩大规模以满足能源工业需求的动态培训设施网络，该中心减少了与训练有素的技术人员严重短缺有关的风险。传统上，核工业中的少数民族和女性人口一直很低；然而，IRSC项目的入学率高于全国平均水平。优秀的少数民族和女性学生可以通过奖学金、夏季桥梁项目、2/3衔接和本科研究机会继续他们的教育。

Indian River State College establishes a Regional Center for Nuclear Education and Training (RC-NET). The Center ensures the demand for skilled nuclear technicians is met in a unified, systematic way in the Southeastern United States. Some of the goals of RC-NET are to create a comprehensive curriculum for technician tracks, develop or enhance training programs at the regional colleges, provide career paths to higher education and undergraduate research, and provide remote access to expensive and unique training components. This Regional Center serves the nuclear industry as a training resource, curriculum repository, and source of expertise, while improving communications and collaboration across the industry. RC-NET is supported by partnerships with colleges across the region. The partnerships include fifteen colleges, three universities and twenty seven industry partners. Collectively, this group represents a critical mass of training and industry experts.By coordinating and supporting a network of dynamic training facilities capable of scaling up to meet the energy industry's needs, the Center reduces the risk associated with serious shortages in trained technicians. Traditionally, minority and female populations in the nuclear industry have been low; however, enrollment in IRSC's programs are above the national average. Highly qualified minority and female students are targeted to continue their education through scholarships, summer bridge programs, 2/3 articulation, and undergraduate research opportunities.