Strategic Plan FY06 - FY09
Strategic Plan Contents
II. Program Activities
C. Education
E. Diversity
Appendix A. Baseline Measures for UTCM
II. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
D. Human Resources
Human Resources Goal:
An increased number of students, faculty, and staff who are attracted to and substantively involved in the undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs of the Center.
D.1. Baseline Measures
See Appendix A for Human Resources Baseline Measures
D.2. Human Resources Program Outcome
At the conclusion of the grant, UTCM will have been directly responsible for an increase in the number of graduates prepared to enter the transportation workforce. In addition, the research opportunities provided by the grant will have attracted faculty and staff to UTCM’s research program. Because the focus areas of UTCM are so closely aligned with USDOT research priorities, the efforts of the faculty, staff, and students working in these areas will result in not just a positive impact on the state of practice in these areas through the research results, but also trained professionals ready to continue making an impact in these critical areas after graduation.
D.3. Planned Activities
To increase the number of professionals ready to positively impact mobility issues in the workforce, UTCM will engage in a number of activities.
- UTCM will increase the number of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in transportation-related courses or degree programs at TAMU. UTCM will work with SWUTC to develop recruitment materials to be used in aggressively marketing transportation programs at TAMU. These materials may include fliers, videos, and display units. Working with existing recruitment efforts at TAMU, we will help to promote awareness of transportation careers from the K-12 level up to the graduate level. Other existing USDOT recruitment efforts, such as the National Highway Institute’s Summer Transportation Institute and the Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program, will be utilized as appropriate in UTCM human resources activities.
- UTCM will increase the number of undergraduate and graduate students involved in transportation-related research at TAMU, both by increasing the opportunities available for research and by requiring student involvement in UTCM research.
- The UTCM will develop and promote its fellowship program. UTCM may also provide stand-alone assistantships and assistance with tuition and fees. These activities are intended to attract the "best and brightest" to the transportation profession.
- The UTCM will actively promote existing fellowship and scholarship opportunities to transportation students to enhance their educational opportunities, and to provide exposure for the students and the center. Some of these are provided through the modal agencies of USDOT and professional and trade organizations (ASCE, ITE, ARTBA, etc). Information on scholarship and fellowship opportunities will be collected by UTCM, actively promoted, and made available for distribution to interested students.
D.4. Performance Indicators
One of the anticipated synergies of the UTCM and SWUTC is the benefit of SWUTC’s experience in collecting and documenting the information needed for performance indicators. This relationship will be utilized to the fullest in meeting the report requirements for UTCM’s grant.
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