{"id":134,"date":"2017-06-09T04:07:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T04:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2020-07-14T18:55:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T18:55:27","slug":"freeform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/freeform\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>MEERCat&#8217;s current initiatives include:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 94px\" width=\"908\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 295px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive alignnone wp-image-190 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Freeform-logo-300x102.png\" alt=\"Freeform logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Freeform-logo-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Freeform-logo.png 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<p><\/p>\n<td style=\"width: 295px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive alignnone wp-image-191 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Recourse-Logo-300x125.png\" alt=\"recourse logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Recourse-Logo-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Recourse-Logo.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<p><\/p>\n<td style=\"width: 296px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>MEERCat IURC<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 295px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;Revitalizing the academic success of engineering scholars worldwide&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 295px;text-align: center\">\u00a0<em>Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 296px\"><em>Industry-University Research Consortium<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 295px\">Increasing engineering retention, particularly in core disciplinary classes is a key national concern. Empirical studies indicate that Active learning structures, Blended learning models, and Collaborative learning opportunities (ABC) can enhance achievement and retention in undergraduate STEM.\u00a0to date, efforts to employ ABC tools have been largely limited to first year introductory and gateway courses in undergraduate STEM, neglecting deep core classes in the middle two years of study, which are major sources of stopout and underperformance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/freeform\">Learn More<\/a><\/td>\n<p><\/p>\n<td style=\"width: 295px\">Calls for transformation in engineering education over the past twenty years have been frequent, persistent, and forceful, with a specific emphasis on the skills required for the Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE). Well-trained engineers moving swiftly along the PFE continuum and capable of leading in a complex, globalized world will own the future. Revolutionary change simply cannot occur until we address two crucial facets of our academic organization: emotion and culture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/recourse\">Learn More<\/a><\/td>\n<p><\/p>\n<td style=\"width: 296px\">In Fall 2017,\u00a0MEERCat is creating an Industry-University Research Consortium to deeply collaborate with industry partners focusing on the undergraduate-to-workforce transition. These transitions are filled with costly challenges (both time and money) for all stakeholders, and many unresolved research questions are ripe for exploration.<\/p>\n<p>We seek passionate partners\u00a0to work with us on key research questions. 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