to create a technology institute http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/business/university-of-washington-and-chinese-university-unite-to-form-technology-institute.html?ref=education&_r=0
"The institute will not initially grant undergraduate degrees, which will limit its potential to make a dent in the region’s deficit of technology talent, at least in the near term." Considering that IT is one of the fields where it's clear that non-credit education can lead to employment, I'm not sure why the article says this. But that's a quibble, this seems like an interesting initiative.