Maryland Applied Information Technology Initiative

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Maryland Applied Information Technology Initiative
Workforce Development for an IT Economy

• Ron Larsen, Executive Director

University of Maryland College Park, MD
20742-2411 [phone] rlarsen_at_deans.umd.edu
November 2000
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Workforce Development Goals

• Double the production of IT professionals
• Engage industry in curriculum design
• Expand partnerships with industry
• Facilitate the transformation of education

Enrollment Goals
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University Partners

• University of Maryland, College Park
• Johns Hopkins University
• University of Maryland, Baltimore
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Towson University
• Morgan State University
• Bowie State University
• University of Maryland University College

FOR MORE INFO...

• See www.maiti.org and the FY 1999 MAITI Annual
  Report

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Participating Programs

• Computer Science Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Telecommunications
• Information Systems
• Engineering Technical Management
• Decision and Information Technology
• Informatics

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IT Workforce Needs

• Projected demand/supply 1
• 4x at community and technical colleges
• 8x at bachelors level
• 2x for graduate-level programs
• 10 - 20,000 unfilled positions in MD
• gt103,000 jobs, gt 5,000 establishments2
• 1B/year in lost wages

FOR MORE INFO...
1 Sommers, Paul, Washington State Software
Industry Workforce Challenges, Northwest Policy
Center, Institute for Public Policy and
Management, Graduate School of Public Affairs,
University of Washington, October 20, 1998 2
Cyberstates 4.0, American Electronics
Association, 1998
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New Programs Initiated

• Computer Engineering at JHU, UMCP, UMBC
• IT elective concentration in ME at UMCP
• Information Systems undergrad program at JHU
• B.S. in Computer Technology at BSU
• Certificate programs at each institution
• Undergrad specialization in Computer Information
  Technology at UMUC
• Center for Applied Information Technology at TU

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Information Security Education

• Computer Science
• Security issues introduced in regular courses
• New undergraduate and special topics courses
  introduced at UMCP, JHU, and UMBC
• Electrical Computer Engineering
• Graduate level computer security courses (e.g.,
  Security in Distributed Systems and Networks)

FOR MORE INFO...

• Contact UMCP CS, EE Departments, and UMIACS

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Private Sector Partnerships

• Cooperative curriculum design
• Capstone courses
• IT internships
• Professor of Practice
• Customized courses

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Progress Undergrad Enrollments
Were ahead of schedule!
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Progress Graduate Enrollments
Major increases in part-time programs!
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Success Quantity Quality

• UMCP Engineering (EE CpE)
• Undergraduate Enrollment
• Largest freshman class in gt10 years (212)
• Highest average SAT score ever (1314)
• Largest honors group (61) with average SAT of
  1450
• Graduate Enrollment
• 38 growth in new graduate students (141)
• 43 growth in new Telecomm MS students (33)
• Highest ever average QA GRE (1491)
• Increasing proportion are women (gt20)
• Research
• 8.8 growth in research expenditures (29.9M)

1999-2000 academic year
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Outlook...

• Early, rapid progress a result of
• Institutional commitments
• State incentives
• Industrial support
• Scaling to 2x requires innovation
• Technology-enhanced education
• Creative partnerships
• New ways of thinking about higher ed
• Community Colleges join MAITI
• Strategic plan written
• Emphasis on career needs
• Non-traditional curricula

MAITI is supported by a grant from the Maryland
Higher Education Commission in cooperation with
the Department of Business and Economic
Development
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Marylands Community Colleges
New Partners

• Allegany
• Anne Arundel
• Baltimore City
• Carroll
• Cecil
• Chesapeake
• College of Southern Maryland

• Frederick
• Garrett
• Hagerstown
• Harford
• Howard
• Montgomery
• Prince Georges
• Wor-Wic

• Community College of Baltimore County

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IT Degrees Certificates
Community Colleges

• Engineering Transfer
• Computer Science Transfer
• Computer Graphic /Design
• Computer Programming
• Computer Information Systems
• Network Administration
• Electronics/Engineering Technology
• Office Technology

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Role in IT Workforce Development
Community Colleges

• Retrain - technical professional employees
• Prepare - entry level technical personnel
• Create - pipeline for women minorities
• Provide - students who transfer to universities

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1999 IT Enrollments
Community Colleges

• Credit Programs gt15,000 students
• Continuing Education gt65,000 students
• Total gt80,000 Maryland Students

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Next year FY 2002

• Sustain growth in performance measures
• Enrollments, Graduates, Programs
• Acquire core State support (7.5M)
• Establish precedent for sustainability
• Expand MAITI initiatives into Community Colleges
• Collaborate with MACC (MAITI-MACC)
• Acquire supplemental State support (5.4M)