Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE) -- What is CAITE?  With the support of NSF's Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program, CAITE is designing and carrying out programs that address the under-representation in Masssachusetts' innovation economy, information technology (IT) education and workforce. Community colleges are the centerpiece of CAITE because of the role they play in reaching out to underserved populations and serving as a gateway to careers and futher higher education.The project is piloting a series of outreach programs supported by educational pathways in three regions (one rural, one suburban, and one urban). The project includes work with high school teachers, staff, and counselors. CAITE will identify best practices and disseminate, deploy, extend and institutionalize these best practices statewide and nationally.    CAITE's broad alliance includes 9 public higher education institutions in 3 regions across the state and builds upon the leadership of the Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative (CITI), the Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Center (BATEC), regional Louis Stokes Alliances and NSF EGEP programs, as well as other partnerships and initiatives focused on information technology education and STEM pipeline issues.

Contact:
Renee Fall, University of Massachusetts, http://caite.cs.umass.edu/

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