Welcome to the National Convergence Technology Center
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) helps colleges meet the fast-growing demand from business and industry seeking IT specialists (mobile networks, edge computing, private/public cloud computing, "Internet of Things," mobile device integration, storage and network virtualization, video and voice integration, all over a secure network). Specifically, the National CTC actively:
- Engages a Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) to identify needed skills that inform curriculum updates nationally
- Invigorates faculty to teach emerging technologies through professional development
- Provides virtual lab capability for students to reduce costs and increase availability
- Implements best practices for recruiting, retaining and graduating underserved students
- Uses stackable certificates and articulation agreements to increase the number of students completing certificates and degrees
- Supports high schools, colleges, and universities nationally through the "Convergence College Network" (CCN) Community of Practice (CoP) whereby members share expertise with one another to improve their IT programs
- Disseminates materials and processes via websites, webinars, conference presentations, social media, and white papers
Businesses Help make graduates “workforce ready”
The Business & Industry Leadership Team (BILT) consists of executives and technicians, from both large corporations and small companies, that meet quarterly to ensure curriculum aligns with workforce demands.
Educators JOIN THE CONVERGENCE COLLEGE NETWORK
The Convergence College Network (CCN) is a select cohort of community colleges and universities from across the country that connects IT educators with a wealth of resources to enhance their programs.
Students Prepare for a career in IT
Driven by a growing emphasis on cloud computing, big data, and information security, the U.S. Department of Labor expects that computer and IT occupation employment will grow 13% from 2016 to 2026 and add over 540,000 new jobs.
STUDENT FEATURE: OLIVIA Carlisle
Olivia Hughes did not have a background in computers when she started going to the University of North Texas to be a material science major. “The high school I went to didn’t really have that big of a computer program,” Olivia said. “The computer class I took was basically just an amped up version of how to use Microsoft Word, so I barely had touched most computer things when I first started.”
Newsletters
CTC | December 2002 Newsletter (2022 Year in Review)
Article Topics:
- The CTC's BILT convened four times in 2022 and updated job skills
- CTC professional development events attracted over 400 enrollments
- The Convergence College Network continued to grow
- CTC staff delivered multiple presentations at educator conferences
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