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 MPICT’s mission is to coordinate, promote and improve the
quality of ICT education, with an emphasis on 2-year colleges,
in northern California, northern Nevada, southern Oregon,
Hawaii and the Pacific Territories.
MPICT’s Major Initial Goals are to:
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Develop partnerships
among higher education institutions to
increase and improve the region’s ICT
education capacity.
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Deepen and expand
collaboration with industry to create an ICT
workforce that fully meets the region’s
economic needs.
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Identify, implement
and disseminate ICT education best practices
in the region, working towards a
standardization of ICT competencies, skills
and education approaches.
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Develop
fully articulated ICT education pathways and
work to implement them throughout the
region.
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Expand, diversify and improve
the region’s ICT workforce.
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Enhance
linkages to global ICT educators and
employers.
MPICT added
Truckee Meadows College (Reno, NV) as a
Regional Partner in 2009 and
Kapi'olani Community College (Honolulu,
HI) in 2010.
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