Presenter Information

Elizabeth B. Ward Ph.D.

Location

Radisson Resort at the Port, Martinique Room

Start Date

4-5-2000 2:00 PM

Description

Higher Education will need to partner more closely with the business and industrial community to prepare their graduates for the workplace of the future. The participation of universities in consortia will continue to increase. Universities will need to work closely with other institutions in order to attract resources needed to serve the many different types of students requiring education in the next century. For example, as they do now, adults who change jobs will seek training in new fields; numbers of traditional students living on campus will decrease as distance learning and home computers forge increasingly significant roles in higher education; and as the cost of higher education spirals upward, more and more students will go to school part-time because they need to work. Educating these students for space-related careers will become more important as the commercialization of space continues to grow and develop. A part of their education should be hands-on, real-world experiences with the space industry. Internships for summers and/or for academic years can be brokered through the already strong network of institutions associated with the national Space Grant program and the NASA Field Centers. A few Space Grant consortia have a record of success in this area. After a brief summary of the national Space Grant program, this paper will outline the characteristics of successful university - industry partnerships in the aerospace arena.

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May 4th, 2:00 PM

Paper Session III-C - Successful University-Industrial Partnerships

Radisson Resort at the Port, Martinique Room

Higher Education will need to partner more closely with the business and industrial community to prepare their graduates for the workplace of the future. The participation of universities in consortia will continue to increase. Universities will need to work closely with other institutions in order to attract resources needed to serve the many different types of students requiring education in the next century. For example, as they do now, adults who change jobs will seek training in new fields; numbers of traditional students living on campus will decrease as distance learning and home computers forge increasingly significant roles in higher education; and as the cost of higher education spirals upward, more and more students will go to school part-time because they need to work. Educating these students for space-related careers will become more important as the commercialization of space continues to grow and develop. A part of their education should be hands-on, real-world experiences with the space industry. Internships for summers and/or for academic years can be brokered through the already strong network of institutions associated with the national Space Grant program and the NASA Field Centers. A few Space Grant consortia have a record of success in this area. After a brief summary of the national Space Grant program, this paper will outline the characteristics of successful university - industry partnerships in the aerospace arena.

 

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