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Evaluation of the First Year of an On-Campus Internship Program

• Dr. Sharra Hynes, Executive Director, Experiential Learning

Mark Walvoord, Assistant Director, Student Transformative Learning Record

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Pair and Share

• What is the state of

internships on your campus?

• What advantages would

come from increasing internship opportunities

• n campus?
• How do you differentiate on-campus

internships from other on-campus student employment?

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Today’s Outline

• Context
• Funding
• Program and Research Goals
• Enhancements to Our Program
• Participant Implementation Reflection

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Context: About UCO

• 17,000 students
• Primarily nontraditional, ~45%

work off campus 20+ hrs/week

• Oklahoma’s oldest institution of

higher education (126 years)

• 40-50% First Generation college

students

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Context: About UCO

• Oklahoma City metropolitan area

has 1.25 million people

• With 10 Colleges and Universities
• Our graduates need a competitive

edge = experiential learning

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Mission: The University of Central Oklahoma exists to help students learn by providing transformative education experiences to students so that they may become productive, creative, ethical, and engaged citizens and leaders serving our global community. UCO contributes to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of the communities and individuals it serves.

Four Strategic Themes: 1) Transformative Learning 2) Student Success 3) Value 4) Place

Context: TL at UCO

UCO’s Center for Transformative Learning (2010)

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Transformative Learning:

• Develops beyond disciplinary skills and
• Expands students’ perspectives of their

relationship with self, others, community and environment.

Context: TL at UCO

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UCO Experiential Learning

Applies classroom knowledge to practical situations Provides avenues to transformative learning

Student Research In Class Activities Internships

Clinical Experiences

Volunteer and Service Learning

Global Experiences

through…

Context: Experiential Learning at UCO

Student Life

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Context: History of UCO Internships

• Decentralized (in Departments/Colleges)
• Few with required internships
• Less alignment of Career Services priorities

to campus actions

• 2014 move to enhance

experiential learning

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Today’s Outline

• Context
• Funding
• Program and Research Goals
• Enhancements to Our Program
• Participant Implementation Reflection

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Funding: STLR

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Funding

$7.78 million, DOE Title III grant, Oct 2014 – Sept 2019

Career Services

A DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

~$110,000 per year 30 positions

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Today’s Outline

• Context
• Funding
• Program and Research Goals
• Enhancements to Our Program
• Participant Implementation Reflection

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Program Goals

• Give students work experience in a potential

future career field

• Create an internship program that is replicable

in other settings

• Enhance students’

employability through increased experiential

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Research Goals

• Analyze students' satisfaction with the

University’s attempts to enhance their career prospects

• Determine if program helps students verify

career goals

• Quantify increase in students’ employable skills

Data:

Pre- and post-surveys SIS Data GPA, Major

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my resume. My experiences at and through UCO will help me get a job in my chosen field upon graduation. One or more full­time UCO faculty and staff care

Research Goals

• 4 Likert scale prompts

for UCO’s contribution to their career readiness

• 10 skills-based Likert

scale prompts

(3 communication, 3 teamwork, 3 problem solving, 1 leadership)

• Post-graduation plans

Pre- and post-surveys

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Research Results

Significant skills increases using traditional pre-post

N=24

3.7 3.8 3.9 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7

Expressing ideas and concepts

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Working with

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to complete a project Interpreting data and information to apply to my task

Likert Scale (0 Strongly Disagree

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Strongly Agree)

Significant Self-Reported Skills Changes

Pre-survey Post-survey

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Research Results

And ALL increased using retrospective pre-post data

N=24

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Research Results

No significant change in students’ beliefs about UCO helping them succeed

N=24

3.8 4 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 5 5.2

I believe that UCO is committed to helping me succeed academically. UCO affords me

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to enhance my resume. My experiences at and through UCO will help me get a job in my chosen field upon graduation. One

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more full-time UCO faculty and staff care about my academic and career success. Likert Scale (0 Srongly Disagree

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University's Comittment to their Success

Pre-survey Post-survey

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Today’s Outline

• Context
• Funding
• Program and Research Goals
• Enhancements to Our Program
• Participant Implementation Reflection

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• Intern UCO Handbook to help students and

supervisors stay on track

• Weekly reflections and increased LMS usage
• Compile Year 2 data to combine with Year 1
• New funding model
• Expansion to 8 Off-Campus positions

Enhancements

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Today’s Outline

• Context
• Funding
• Program and Research Goals
• Enhancements to Our Program
• Participant Implementation Reflection

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Choose a topic, then go to your corner:

• Assessing your existing internship program
• Starting a new internship program
• Expanding an existing internship program
• Ideas for non-internship,

experiential programs

Implementation Reflection

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Evaluation of the First Year of an On-Campus Internship Program

• Dr. Sharra Hynes

Mark Walvoord shynes1@uco.edu careers.uco.edu/InternUCO stlr@uco.edu uco.edu/stlr @ucostlr