CONDUCTING SKILLS ANALYSIS BETWEEN INDUSTRY, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES FOR CURRICULAR REVISION AND GAP ANALYSIS

摘要

The California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education (CREATE) was formed ten years ago as a joint consortium effort of seven community colleges and over 55 high tech engineering technology employers to develop a regional approach to the preparation and training of engineering technicians. Since its formation CREATE has emerged as a major education-industry partnership and was selected as is one of only 35 National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Centers of Excellence funded nationally (NSF ATE Regional Center for Information and Manufacturing Technologies www.create-california.org). This paper and ASEE presentation will focus on the step by step process of soliciting industry input through focus groups and surveys and then comparing that data to curricula crosswalks for all CREATE community colleges. Next, we will showcase the experiences of a specific CREATE college that introduced a new degree program as a result of the skills gap analysis. Finally, a CREATE university partner, California State University, Northridge, will discuss the process begun to solicit industry feedback for a B.S. program in Engineering Technology.