National Cybersecurity Teaching Academy (NCTA) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Funded by the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity program, WPI is one of the national NCTA sites to train high school teachers and grant them 18-credit-hour graduate-level certificates for teaching cybersecurity. Credits from this certificate can be applied to an MS in Integrated STEM from WPI. Scholarship available. Please apply ASAP!
Highlights of NCTA at WPI:
- · Format: Virtual (lectures and labs all online)
- · Target Participants: nation-wide high school teachers interested in teaching security
- · Time: Summer 2025, Summer 2026 and Summer 2027
- · Contact: Drs. Jun Dai (jdai@wpi.edu) and Xiaoyan Sun (xsun7@wpi.edu)
- · Support: scholarship to fully cover tuition
- · Accomplishment: an 18-credit-hour graduate-level certificate to teach cybersecurity.
- · Program Site: wpi.edu/+NCTA
- · Application Link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/2025_ncta_scholarship_application
- · Application Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
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Jun Dai higher education faculty
Worcester MA
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