ӣƵ receives two-year $5M grant from the National Center of Academic Excellence – Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)
ӣƵ was awarded a two-year $5M grant from the National Center of Academic Excellence – Cybersecurity (NCAE-C), housed in the National Security Agency.
ӣƵ was designated the lead institution to manage a coalition of nine institutions of higher learning to develop the NCAE-C Careers Preparation National Center (CPNC). The ӣƵ-led CPNC will build on prior and identify new NCAE-C efforts to foster the development of college students with the knowledge, skills, and competencies required for government and industry employment. The CPNC team will address federal, state, and local government and industry requirements and student professional development (communication, critical thinking, and collaboration) to better prepare NCAE-C cybersecurity students for today’s and tomorrow’s work roles.
As the lead institution, ӣƵ will execute $982,000 over the next two years. The CPNC team will continue to develop and oversee regional exercises, implement competency integration into NCAE-C validated programs of study, develop a competency statement e-library, and will continue the measurement of competency development tools and competition competencies. The CPNC will actively collaborate with the CAE Community National Center, NCAE-C Education Pathway National Center, and NCAE-C Candidates and Peer Review National Centers.
The program office at ӣƵ, led by Dr. Sharon R. Hamilton, Associate Vice-President of Strategic Partnerships, will guide the governance, process, and infrastructure to develop and promote collaboration and joint engagement across the CPNC coalition, NCAE-C National Centers, and our critical government and industry Partners.
“We are excited to build on and expand our cybersecurity Competency Development and Documentation efforts. The CPNC team consists of the highest quality two- and four-year institutions and educational professionals experienced in competency development, cooperative education, student professional, academic credit agreements, competency e-libraries, and careers matching tools and databases."
"We are eager to identify opportunities to link the CPNC efforts with our NCAE-C ӣƵ Cyber Institute grant and other initiatives to further benefit students, faculty, and the cybersecurity workforce,” says Dr. Sharon R. Hamilton (Colonel, Retired, U.S. Army).
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