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Purpose

As clearly stated in “Optics Education – A Blueprint for the 21st Century” A project of the Optical Society of America and SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering – December 2001; there exists specifically identified barriers to teaching optics in the K-12 grades and that has created a void in filling the demand for trained people in the optics industry. 

 

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•One main purpose of The Optics Institute of Southern California is to provide a vehicle to break through some of those barriers and clarify the role of optics in the lives of teachers and students and create the potential for students to pursue / include optics as part of their college studies and then career choices.

 

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•Succeeding in this purpose will benefit the optics industry and its role in many other industries by acting as a model for others around the world.  This will lead to ensuring that the future demands for trained people in all levels of the optics industries will be met.