{"id":20595,"date":"2020-09-18T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=20595"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:47","slug":"um-flint-will-create-college-of-innovation-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/18\/um-flint-will-create-college-of-innovation-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"UM-Flint will create College of Innovation &#038; Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11.jpeg\" alt=\"(Computer monitor showing code in a dark, glowing pinkish purple room with a man typing on the keyboard.)\" class=\"wp-image-20596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11-200x133.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>(UM-Flint News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.umflint.edu\/2020\/09\/17\/um-flint-will-create-college-of-innovation-technology\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=um-flint-will-create-college-of-innovation-technology\">A new, cutting-edge academic unit at UM-Flint will open in 2021 <\/a>that will educate and prepare students for key roles in the diverse technical career fields of the 21st century. The U-M Board of Regents enthusiastically approved the establishment of the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/cit\">College of Innovation &amp; Technology<\/a> at its Sept. 17 meeting. UM-Flint will join a small group of universities in the state that have a college dedicated to technology degree programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new college will fill a gap in the technology workforce that exists between vocational technical training offered by community colleges and the science-based bachelor\u2019s degree programs in engineering and computer science. It will offer four-year bachelor\u2019s degrees in technology and prepare graduates for employment in automotive, manufacturing, artificial intelligence, health care, aerospace, cybersecurity and other sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new, cutting-edge academic unit at UM-Flint will open in 2021 that will educate and prepare students for key roles in the diverse technical career fields of the 21st century. The U-M Board of Regents enthusiastically approved the establishment of the new College of Innovation &amp; Technology at its Sept. 17 meeting. UM-Flint will join a small group\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/18\/um-flint-will-create-college-of-innovation-technology\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,17,362],"class_list":["post-20595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-education","tag-flint","tag-stem"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11.jpeg",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11-200x133.jpeg",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11-300x200.jpeg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11.jpeg",600,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11.jpeg",600,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11.jpeg",600,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11.jpeg",600,400,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11-200x140.jpeg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11-60x42.jpeg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11-600x300.jpeg",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11.jpeg",600,400,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8C0EE447-70A4-4AB1-AE95-EF6D9EA24A11.jpeg",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A new, cutting-edge academic unit at UM-Flint will open in 2021 that will educate and prepare students for key roles in the diverse technical career fields of the 21st century. The U-M Board of Regents enthusiastically approved the establishment of the new College of Innovation &amp; Technology at its Sept. 17 meeting. 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