The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) awarded $1.6 million in grants to seven institutions of higher education recently to enhance their capacity to track, analyze and report on internships and other work-based learning experiences campuswide.
The University of Mary Washington was one of the institutions to receive up to $100,000 annually for two years to establish or strengthen data collection systems and allow it to track student participation in work-based learning. The collected data will give better visibility on student engagement, access and success.
“This grant will help us to build internal processes for analyzing our internship data and telling the narratives that emerge,” said Kimberly Young, UMW associate provost for career and workforce.
The grants are administered by SCHEV through the Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP), which is funded by the General Assembly’s Commonwealth Innovative Internship Fund and Program.
“High quality data helps us make more informed decisions as we work to increase the number of internships and other work-based learning opportunities in Virginia,” said Scott Fleming, SCHEV executive director. Read more about SCHEV Awarding UMW Grant to Improve Data on Internships and Work-Based Learning.