The California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education (CREATE) project is a joint effort between seven community colleges and over 30 large high tech engineering/technology employers. Its purpose is to develop a regional approach to workforce preparation and training, and to meet emerging needs for innovative, flexible strategies to educate the workforce in new, technological advances in a wide range of high demand engineering technology fields. A few of these fields are: Mechatronics, Manufacturing, Computer Servicing, Computer Networking, Electronic Technologies, and Robotics.

Funding for this project is provided by grants from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and the National Science Foundation.