{"id":407,"date":"2017-08-03T20:55:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T20:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/?page_id=407"},"modified":"2017-12-19T04:15:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T04:15:37","slug":"meercat-iurc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/meercat-iurc\/","title":{"rendered":"College-to-Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OPPORTUNITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MEERCat Purdue is creating an Industry-University Research Consortium (IURC) 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. We seek passionate partners interested in the Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) to work with us on key research questions\u2014 together, we\u2019ll create new value for employers, students &amp; universities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOCUS AREAS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2794 PFE outcomes (including communication, innovation, creativity, teamwork)<br \/>\n\u2794 Workforce development and in-house on-the-job training<br \/>\n\u2794 Recruiting, internships, and other matchmaking (credentialing including badging)<br \/>\n\u2794 Student behaviors, attitudes &amp; decision making about employment opportunities<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUCCESS METRICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2794 For students: Enhanced academic performance, satisfaction &amp; co-curricular experiences<br \/>\n\u2794 For universities: Increased student retention, graduation &amp; employment rates<br \/>\n\u2794 For employers: Improved employee retention, performance &amp; satisfaction<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re looking for passionate partners to help us with this new line of research. Contact us to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPPORTUNITY MEERCat Purdue is creating an Industry-University Research Consortium (IURC) 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. We seek passionate partners interested in the Professional Formation of Engineers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-407","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions\/777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/meercat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}