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Building an Ecosystem of Strategic Partners for New Baccalaureate Programs in Information Technology

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Kendrick Hang,

Timothy Mason,

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SIGITE '19: Proceedings of the 20th Annual SIG Conference on Information Technology Education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3349266.3351370

Published: 26 September 2019 Publication History

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Strategic partnerships with local organizations such as businesses, non-profit organizations, and neighboring educational institutions provide students with a rich set of learning opportunities, while also benefiting the partner organization. In this lightning talk, learn how effective partnerships are formed and sustained, from both the academic program and the partners' perspective.

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Debra D. Bragg. 2019. The evolving landscape for new baccalaureate degrees in the United States . New Baccalaureate Series, Data Note 1. Community College Research Initiatives, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

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Tina J. Ostrander. 2015. Making Learning Relevant for the Real World: Co-teaching with an Industry Professional. ACM Inroads, Vol. 6, 2 (May 2015), 44--49. https://doi.org/10.1145/2733382

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Building an Ecosystem of Strategic Partners for New Baccalaureate Programs in Information Technology
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing and business
      1. Employment issues
    2. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Information technology education
        Software engineering education

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SIGITE '19: Proceedings of the 20th Annual SIG Conference on Information Technology Education

September 2019

206 pages

ISBN:9781450369213

DOI:10.1145/3349266

General Chairs:
Bryan Goda
University of Washington Tacoma, USA
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Steve Zilora
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
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George Grispos
University of Nebraska Omaha, USA
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Daniel Bogaard
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

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Published: 26 September 2019

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