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With an eye on the future, its leaders have recognized that they must fully leverage its higher education ecosystem in collaboration with businesses in the state to meet the growing demand for tech talent. In 2022, it provided funds to support the Tech Talent Accelerator (TTA), led by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) and the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) . This investment catalyzed the development of seven business-higher education partnerships to create new tech talent pathways in high-demand fields like cybersecurity, mobile application development, and game design.  \nIn 2023, after a second round of state funding, TTA added six new partnerships, expanding its reach into additional fields like cloud computing, biostatistics, and professional skills for neurodiverse tech workers. Together, the partnerships have created training programs to equip learners with in-demand skills validated by Connecticut businesses and learners are already working in internships and full-time roles.  \nWith continued investment, TTA is poised to build upon those efforts and scale its impact by focusing its training programs on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, providing tuition assistance to increase enrollment and serve low-income and historically underrepresented groups, and streamlining transfer pathways for associate-degree holders in tech fields. By fostering existing partnerships and engaging new ones to address the changing landscape of high-demand technology needs, Connecticut can become areplicable model and leader in training and retaining skilled tech talent.  \nTHE CHALLENGE  \nConnecticut businesses publish more than 2,600 job postings for tech openings each month, 350 more per capita than the national average.¹ However, it is a challenge for businesses to source talent for those roles, both in terms of attracting the number of candidates needed and aligning the skillsets of those candidates with rapidly emerging new tech roles. Connecticut’s colleges and universities currently do not produce enough graduates to keep pace with demand, and the state struggles to attract sufficient skilled professionals from other regions.² In 2022, postsecondary  \ninstitutions in the state graduated only enough tech students to fill half of the open entry-level positions.¹  \nConnecticut businesses have also noted a historical “misalignment between higher education curricula and the practical skills needed in the workplace.” ³ To close that gap, the state has recognized the value of high-impact business-higher education partnerships that validate in-demand skills, create new pathways for tech talent, and increase the number of learners advancing through their programs that Connecticut employers can eventually hire as graduates.  \n[bhef.com/techtalentaccelerator](bhef.com/techtalentaccelerator) © 2024 Business-Higher Education Forum | One Dupont Circle, Suite 360 , Washington, DC 20036  \nCLOSING THE TECH SKILLS GAP:  \nAn Accelerated Approach  \nIn response to these challenge, the Business-Higher Education Forum and the New England Board of Higher Education developed and launched the Tech Talent Accelerator in 2022 with funding from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. TTA is designed to:  \n• Develop and sustain high impact partnerships between business and higher education;  \n• Convene businesses to identify in-demand skills, credentials, and hiring needs;  \n• Increase the supply of tech workers in Connecticut with in-demand skills and credentials; and  \n• Provide technical assistance to higher education institutions so they can rapidly:  \n• create ","cbCaihR0BU0e3Jtk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihR0BU0e3Jtk","pdf",1682092,11,"English","# Executive Summary\n# The Challenge\n# Closing the Tech Skills Gap: An Accelerated Approach\n# Tech Talent Accelerator 1.0 (TTA 1.0)\n# Tech Talent Accelerator 2.0 (TTA 2.0)","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the Tech Talent Accelerator address in Connecticut?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses the tech skills gap caused by demand for tech workers outpacing the number of graduates and creating misalignment between education curricula and workplace skills.\"},{\"question\":\"How did TTA develop partnerships and training pathways?\",\"answer\":\"In 2022 it used state funding to build seven business-higher education partnerships, later adding more partnerships in 2023 to expand into additional high-demand fields and create training programs tied to in-demand skills and credentials.\"},{\"question\":\"What is planned to scale TTA’s impact going forward?\",\"answer\":\"TTA plans continued scaling by focusing on emerging technologies such as AI and quantum computing, expanding tuition assistance for low-income and historically underrepresented learners, and streamlining transfer pathways for associate-degree holders in tech fields.\"}]","Connecticut Tech Talent Accelerator - Partnerships - Closing the Tech Skills Gap | PDF",1792045493,28]