Collaborative Research: EPIIC: EmpowerEd -- Building the Future Workforce Together

合作研究：EPIIC：EmpowerEd——共同打造未来劳动力

• 批准号: 2331556
• 负责人: Timothy Breton
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: University of Maine Farmington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2331556&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; EPIIC; EmpowerEd; Building

This is a collaborative project across the following institutions: Hobart and William Smith College, University of Maine at Farmington, Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Montgomery College, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, and Ohio Wesleyan University. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, over the next decade, STEM occupations are forecast to grow faster than the total for all occupations, leave a talent shortage for industries to fill nearly 3.5 million STEM jobs by 2029. In addition, there is a growing disconnect between what STEM students learn in college and what employers expect new graduates to be able to do. Some employers find recent graduates lack soft skills like problem solving, critical thinking, and written and oral communication; others find students to be unfamiliar with the practical and technical skills needed for their day-to-day work. This collaborative EPIIC project defines a process to address these issues at the academic institutions participating in this project. Cohort institutions will work together grow industry partnerships, improve alignment of program curricula with industry needs, and enhance faculty skills and knowledge of emerging technologies. Through this EPIIC project, the collaborating institutions will build relationships with industry experts and government agencies to find out what skills and knowledge are needed for STEM jobs in their fields. The cohort will use this information to modify and enhance college courses and curricular structure with industry needs in mind so students are prepared for jobs right out of college. At the same time, skills training for faculty must be provided so instructors are prepared to teach the enhanced course content and multiple degree pathways must be created so students with diverse preparation and life situations will graduate. Project participants will also communicate to students clearly and effectively about how and why their education will prepare them for the STEM careers they want, thus building the workforce this country needs. Each academic institution in the diverse cohort, which includes two small liberal arts colleges, two 2-year technical colleges, a primarily undergraduate state university, and a 4-year college offering specialized undergraduate and graduate degrees, has developed an individualized plan to implement this process. The participating institutions will exchange information and work together as a cohort to enhance each institution's capacity for building external partnerships. This process will position the institutions to further deepen engagement with industry and enhance their contributions to their regional innovation ecosystems.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这是一个跨以下机构的合作项目：霍巴特和威廉史密斯学院、法明顿的缅因州大学、奥尔巴尼药学健康科学学院、蒙哥马利学院、本杰明富兰克林卡明斯技术研究所和俄亥俄州卫斯理大学 根据美国劳工统计局的数据，在未来十年，预计STEM职业的增长速度将超过所有职业的增长速度，到2029年，各行业将面临近350万个STEM职位的人才短缺。此外，STEM学生在大学里学到的东西与雇主期望新毕业生能够做的事情之间越来越脱节。一些雇主发现应届毕业生缺乏解决问题、批判性思维、书面和口头沟通等软技能;另一些雇主发现学生不熟悉日常工作所需的实践和技术技能。这个合作EPIIC项目定义了一个过程，以解决这些问题的学术机构参与这一项目。 队列机构将共同努力发展行业伙伴关系，提高课程设置与行业需求的一致性，并提高教师的技能和新兴技术的知识。 通过这个EPIIC项目，合作机构将与行业专家和政府机构建立关系，以了解他们所在领域的STEM工作所需的技能和知识。该团队将利用这些信息来修改和加强大学课程和课程结构，并考虑到行业需求，以便学生为大学毕业后的工作做好准备。与此同时，必须为教师提供技能培训，以便教师准备好教授增强的课程内容，必须创建多个学位途径，以便具有不同准备和生活情况的学生毕业。项目参与者还将明确有效地与学生沟通，了解他们的教育如何以及为什么会为他们想要的STEM职业做好准备，从而建立这个国家所需要的劳动力。每个学术机构在不同的队列，其中包括两个小型文理学院，两个两年制技术学院，一个主要的本科州立大学，和一个4年制学院提供专业本科和研究生学位，制定了个性化的计划，以实施这一进程。参与机构将作为一个群体交流信息和共同努力，以加强每个机构建立外部伙伴关系的能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。