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Highline Community College will increase its educational opportunities for web and mobile programmers with a nearly $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The program titled Partnering Regional Academia with Industry to Strengthen Education for Developers (PRAISED) will focus on creating a regional partnership of industry, academia and high schools to recruit and prepare a more skilled and diverse workforce of web and mobile programmers in the Puget Sound.
“The grant will allow Highline to help fill the huge unmet demand for secure web developers in our region,” said Tina Ostrander, the program director. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that national employment of information security analysts, web developers and computer network architects is projected to grow 22 percent from 2010 to 2020.
The PRAISED project will include outreach to local high schools, partnerships with local businesses and professionals to create internship and mentoring opportunities for students, and partnerships with local four-year schools to provide more efficient transfer opportunities. Highline will also partner with Seattle Central Community College and the University of Washington Tacoma for the program.
PRAISED will kick off with a summer camp, the Highline Tech “Acodemy,” from August 19-22, 2013 at Highline Community College. The camp will teach 10th-12th grade students to develop websites, create computer games and animations, and explore technology careers while earning college credit.
For more information on PRAISED, please contact Tina Ostrander at tostrander@highline.edu.
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