Jennifer Hankin and I represented Course Technology at the BATEC (Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Connections) Technology Industry Summit on October at the Raytheon's Global Headquarters in Waltham, MA.

This day brought together area educators and industry professionals to collaborate, identify common ground and definitions for student achievement, and establish a continuum of IT curricula among institutions. Participants included faculty members from Bunker Hill CC, Middlesex CC, Roxbury CC, UMass Boston, N. Essex CC, Upward Bound, BostonPublic Schools, and local employers, including: Raytheon, Partners Healthcare, Fidelity and others. 

The Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Connections (BATEC) is a National Science Foundation funded project to develop and promote a coordinated, self-sustaining, regional education and workforce development system for IT. More information can be found at http://www.batec.org.

BATEC director Deborah Boisvert has participated in our Think Forward initiative through presentations in Boston and across the country to share the work of BATEC with our Course Technolgoy customers. We intend to continue to be involved in the work of this organization to insure that our products help to bring about the best possible learning outcomes.

Marie Lee

Executive Editor of New Perspectives, Computer Science, and Programming