The Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence at Trinity

The Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence was established at Trinity in Fall 2004 with a one-year, $250,000 renewable grant from the U.S. Intelligence Community. The pilot program is designed to increase the pool of eligible applicants for positions in the intelligence community with an emphasis on women, persons with disabilities and ethnic minorities, with diverse cultural backgrounds, language proficiency, geographical expertise and related competencies.

The project goals include increasing awareness among college and high school students of career opportunities in the intelligence community and developing skill sets relevant to intelligence community careers. The project includes:

• Designing and revising curricular components at Trinity to develop critical intelligence community skills sets, and providing Trinity faculty with professional development and course development opportunities in intelligence.
• Creating an Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence Scholars program; Trinity students apply to this selective program, take courses in the IC curriculum, received study abroad travel scholarships, and participate in internships at IC agencies.
• Forming partnerships with Consortium members to host outreach activities, collaborative programs and an Academic Colloquium.
• Developing a metropolitan Washington high school outreach program to promote awareness about the intelligence community.