| The Northeastern Pennsylvania
Technology Institute is an initiative sponsored by the Northeastern
Pennsylvania colleges, universities, economic development
groups, private foundations, and industry. A Battelle Memorial
Institute study on Northeastern Pennsylvania identified that
in order to compete in the "new economy," the region
must build on the assets of its colleges and universities.
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Technology Institute is a member
owned and governed organization. Current members include College
Misericordia, East Stroudsburg University, Johnson College,
Keystone College, King's College, Lackawanna College, Luzerne
County
Community College, Marywood University, Pennsylvania State
University (which holds a single founding membership on behalf
of its Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Campuses), University
of Scranton, Wilkes University and the Great Valley Technology
Alliance.
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Be recognized as a center of collaboration, applied
research,
education, and communication
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Serve as a common ground where research, training,
and
employment needs and opportunities are communicated
through formal and informal interactions
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Combine the resources of the area's higher educational
institutions and knowledge-based industries to provide
and
capture new funding for research, process development,
and
knowledge exchange
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Leverage the region's research and development talent
around
the generation of ideas that stimulate the creation and
distribution of knowledge
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