An Effective Industry-University Partnership to Develop Tomorrow’s Workforce

Pecen, Reg; Yıldız, Faruk; Basith, Iftekhar Ibne; Albrecht, Matt

doi:10.18260/1-2--29777

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“…This course also allowed students to engage with faculty and industry professionals beyond interactions typical of career fairs or interviews ( Downey, 2012 ). Such interactions strengthen relationships between the university and industry partners, helping to produce and place high-quality graduates in related positions ( Pecen et al, 2018 ).…”

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Texas panhandle beef production tour, a high-impact compressed course in animal science

Bowhay

Wickersham

Richardson

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Translational Animal Science

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Many Animal Science students have little exposure to working livestock production systems prior to college. As such, they can lack insight into day-to-day challenges and rationale behind decision making in these systems, opening the door for adoption of misconceptions frequently promoted in popular press. Additionally, students identify lack of first-hand knowledge and experience in the industry as a challenge to their educational success. Field trips stimulate interest and motivation, provide context for learning, and influence long-term career goals, but are underutilized in higher education. Potential impact of such experiences prompted creation of the Texas Panhandle Beef Production Tour, a 2-credit hour compressed course. Students on this tour visited beef production sites in the Texas Panhandle ranging from cow-calf operations, to feedlots and packing plants. To cement learning through reflection, students responded to a series of questions before, during, and after visiting these sites to probe preconceptions, observations, and outcomes of the experience. We performed a retroactive qualitative evaluation of these reflections (n = 22) to determine cogent themes. Emergent themes included surprise at the intensive systems of data collection and management and the level of technology used at each site. Cattle were calmer and more comfortable than expected at the feedlots and packing plants. Students expressed new appreciation and understanding of course material and a desire to share their insights with others after completing the tour. Finally, participants gained a broader view of industry opportunities and returned with renewed motivation to pursue additional hands-on opportunities. Participation in this course provided valuable insight into the livestock production industry and motivated students to explore new career options and address their own preconceptions of the industry through independent inquiry. Creation of similar courses may be useful to address misconceptions, create personal connections with course material, and broaden career interests in animal science students.

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Texas panhandle beef production tour, a high-impact compressed course in animal science

Bowhay

Wickersham

Richardson

et al. 2022

Translational Animal Science

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“…These programs should be carried out even in teaching students at the university and complement the main educational program, thereby carrying out the sectoral adaptation of students at the request of a particular employer in higher education. However, in practice, this is not always possible on a massive scale due to the insufficient development of social partnership mechanisms that combine the interests of interaction between education and production, the state, and the labor market (Pecen, Yildiz, Basith & Albrecht, 2018).…”

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Organizational and Pedagogical Problems of Additional Professional Education

2022

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The paper analyzes the basic requirements of professional and public accreditation to the organizational and pedagogical component of additional professional education. The research aims to analyze and characterize the main trends that determine the change in the requirements for the content evaluation and implementation of additional professional programs as one of the aspects of the professional education teacher. Based on the current trend analysis, the necessity of changes in additional professional programs is justified by (1) revision of the approach to the structure and content of additional professional programs, to teaching staff training ensuring their implementation; (2) solving the problem of the invariant and variable ratio of educational programs components; (3) considering the changes in qualification requirements, demands of the labor market, and employers to ensure the anticipatory character of specialists development.

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“…Studying the issues of higher education, we should pay particular attention to the research on the second cycle of higher education, master's degree. The following issues are also important: (1) improving the training of graduates for research work (Kaverin, Em & Voikevich, 2012); (2) optimizing research and methodological work (Ibragimov et al, 2015); (3) social partnership organization, and networking between educational and scientific organizations (Fedorov & Davydova, 2014;Pecen, Yildiz, Basith & Albrecht, 2018).…”

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A Dynamic Model of Organizing Research Work of Graduates

2022

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The article is devoted to the training of graduates for research work. Getting a master's degree, students develop research and general professional skills. Research work of graduates is creative. We took this into account explaining the need for a dynamic model of organizing the research work to personalize training, namely, developing individual educational trajectories for graduates. The research objective is to develop and test a dynamic, structural, and functional model for organizing the research work of the graduates, contributing to the development of their research skills. We studied the efficiency of the model on the basis of the

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An Effective Industry-University Partnership to Develop Tomorrow’s Workforce

Cited by 5 publications

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Texas panhandle beef production tour, a high-impact compressed course in animal science

Texas panhandle beef production tour, a high-impact compressed course in animal science

Organizational and Pedagogical Problems of Additional Professional Education

A Dynamic Model of Organizing Research Work of Graduates

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