NSF Org: |
DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education |
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Initial Amendment Date: | September 14, 2011 |
Latest Amendment Date: | May 24, 2017 |
Award Number: | 1104145 |
Award Instrument: | Continuing Grant |
Program Manager: |
Virginia Carter
vccarter@nsf.gov (703)292-4651 DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU Directorate for STEM Education |
Start Date: | September 1, 2011 |
End Date: | August 31, 2018 (Estimated) |
Total Intended Award Amount: | $4,999,080.00 |
Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $4,999,080.00 |
Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2013 = $2,531,499.00 |
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Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
100 WILLIAM T MORRISSEY BLVD DORCHESTER MA US 02125-3300 (617)287-5370 |
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Primary Place of Performance: |
100 WILLIAM T MORRISSEY BLVD DORCHESTER MA US 02125-3300 |
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NSF Program(s): | Advanced Tech Education Prog |
Primary Program Source: |
04001314DB NSF Education & Human Resource |
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Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.076 |
ABSTRACT
The Boston Area Technological Education Connections (BATEC) is a well developed regionally coordinated system of high schools, community colleges, the University of Massachusetts at Boston and industry. Talented students from diverse backgrounds are attracted to information technology (IT) careers particularly in - programming, databases, analytics, and business intelligence. BATEC developed a sequence of industry driven and validated IT courses that articulate from high school through community college to a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. The National Center extends and strengthens computing discipline pathways and industry connections to produce 21st century IT professionals. The work that the Regional Center is doing in defining the knowledge, skills and attitudes that IT technicians need to be technically and professionally successful in their employment is continued. Because IT is pervasive in every industry, this goal is extended to learn about and implement innovations that increase technicians' ability to work at the intersection of IT and other fields - such as manufacturing, energy management, law enforcement, and health. The National Center uses partnerships with urban districts in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Chicago as learning laboratories to learn how to scale up the work done in Boston. The Center focuses on longer-term interventions that are collaborative with existing centers and new partners and conducts research that contributes to the continuous improvement of IT, CS and IS programs to keep up with regional and national needs.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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Broadening Advanced Technological Education Connections (BATEC), an ATE National Center of Excellence for Computer and Information Technologies, has functioned as an urban laboratory dedicated to broadening participation in computing by building a collaborative learning community of education, business, government and community partners that share subject-matter expertise and resources. Throughout its tenure, BATEC has concentrated on increasing career-focused pathways in Computer Science and Information Technology to include Web Development, Secure Software Development, Network Security Administration, Data Analytics, and Health Information Technology. BATEC's academic and career pathways facilitate students' progress from high school and community college classrooms to internships, first jobs, and lifelong careers. BATEC's efforts have been aided by local employers who provide guidance to faculty on integrating authentic workforce-based problems and exercises into course materials, as well as mentoring and internships for students to build professional workplace skills.
BATEC has used an authentic, team-based approach whereby educators and industry advisors collaborate to build innovative academic programs in emerging technologies. Degree programs in 3 courses of study (Computer Science, Web Development and Networking) offer an inventory of stackable certificate and degree programs which can serve as reference models for transferable academic pathways between high schools, community colleges and four-year universities. CyberSecurity pathways (designed to be CAE-2Y certifiable in two focus areas - Secure Software Development and Network Security Administration) and Data Analytics coursework are ground-breaking at the community college level and pioneering models available for adaptation and use by other academic institutions.
Last Modified: 11/30/2018
Modified by: Deborah G Boisvert
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