Collaborative Research: TRANSFORM: TRANSFORMing liberal arts careers to meet demand for advanced manufacturing workforce

与工程等技术专业不同，非技术专业的失业率很高；社会科学毕业生占8.9%，文科毕业生占9.4%。这些最近的大学毕业生中失业率或就业不足的比例很高，这对我们国家的经济活力是一个问题。这些学生既没有通过他们的智力技能，也没有通过他们的消费能力为国家的经济增长做出贡献。在这个项目中，东北大学和马萨诸塞湾社区学院正在合作实施一个创新的TRANSFORM模型，以重组文理学院毕业生的技能，为他们在制造业的职业生涯做好准备。该项目使目标人群能够进入由于全国合格求职者短缺而无法填补的先进制造业岗位。TRANSFORM项目还提高了未被充分代表的群体成员对制造业职业的认识。TRANSFORM模型在相关组成部分（政府、工业和技术教育提供者）中使用了分担负担的方法。TRANSFORM项目为期12个月的模块化快速课程包括课程和实习。基于行业的实习为学生提供基于项目的学习经验，促进学生的职业过渡。TRANSFORM正在为文科毕业生提供可扩展的、经过教学验证的制造业课程，该课程可以在地方、区域和国家层面以及能源等其他领域复制。社交媒体正被广泛用于接触文科毕业生。这个项目的三个指导性评估问题是：1)什么是一个合适的自我效能模型，与准备目标人群自信和有能力进入制造业劳动力相关？2)该计划的各个组成部分是否成功地为目标人群进入制造业劳动力做好了准备？3)需要什么样的机构能力来长期维持该项目？

Unlike technical majors such as engineering, unemployment among non-technical majors is high; 8.9% for Social Sciences and 9.4% for Liberal Arts graduates. Unemployment or underemployment of a high percentage of these recent college graduates is problematic for the economic vitality of our nation. These students do not contribute to the nation's economic growth through either their intellectual skills or their spending power.In this project, Northeastern University and MassBay Community College are collaboratively implementing an innovative TRANSFORM model to retool the skill set of liberal arts college graduates to prepare them for careers in manufacturing. The project is enabling the targeted population to step into the advanced manufacturing jobs that otherwise go unfilled due to shortage of qualified job seekers nationwide. The TRANSFORM program is also increasing the awareness of manufacturing careers among members of underrepresented groups.The TRANSFORM model is using the share-the-burden approach among the concerned constituents (government, industry and technical education providers). The modular, 12-month fast-track curriculum of the TRANSFORM program includes courses and internships. The industry-based internships are providing students with project-based learning experience to facilitate students' career transition. TRANSFORM is offering a scalable pedagogically proven manufacturing curriculum for liberal arts graduates that can be replicated at the local, regional, and national levels, and in other sectors such as energy. Social media is being used to reach out to liberal arts graduates on a broad scale.The three guiding evaluation questions for this project are:1) What is an appropriate model of self-efficacy associated with preparing the target population to confidently and capably enter the manufacturing workforce?2) Do the various components of the program successfully prepare the target population to enter the manufacturing workforce?3) What institutional capacities are needed to sustain the program over time?