东德克萨斯农工大学与巴黎初级学院获470万美元联邦拨款：共建农村实习合作社助学生就业
位于美国德克萨斯州东北部的东德克萨斯农工大学（East Texas A&M University）与巴黎初级学院（Paris Junior College）11月4日宣布，两校共同获得美国教育部470万美元联邦拨款，将共建一个面向农村学生的实习合作社，帮助学生从课堂走向区域雇主的岗位。
这笔拨款来自教育部Title III「强化机构项目」（Strengthening Institutions Program），为期五年。项目名为Texas COMPASS Initiative，COMPASS取Careers, Opportunities & Mentored Pathways to Academic Student Success（职业、机会与导师制学业成功路径）之意。第一年两校合计分得约120万美元。
具体安排上，东德克萨斯农工大学第一年将翻新Velma K. Waters图书馆内的学生职业准备办公室，并新设实习运营协调员一职；巴黎初级学院同步翻新空间、增聘实习安置人员。合作社将对接德州东北部的雇主网络，为两校学生安排有导师指导的实习。
项目由东德克萨斯农工大学的Ryan Erck博士担任负责人，Mustafa Mashal、Arthur Lumzy与Arthur Valiant等参与。校方表示，农村地区学生往往离实习机会较远，这笔拨款意在把雇主资源直接接进两所学校的培养环节。
（来源：东德克萨斯农工大学）
East Texas A&M and Paris Junior College Win $4.7 Million Federal Grant: A Rural Internship Cooperative for Student Career Success
East Texas A&M University and Paris Junior College, both in northeast Texas, announced on November 4 that they have jointly received a $4.7 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education to build a rural internship cooperative that connects students with regional employers.
The five-year award comes through the department's Title III Strengthening Institutions Program. The project, called the Texas COMPASS Initiative, takes its name from Careers, Opportunities & Mentored Pathways to Academic Student Success. The two schools will split about $1.2 million in the first year.
In its first year, East Texas A&M will renovate the Office of Student Career Preparedness inside the Velma K. Waters Library and create a new Coordinator of Internship Operations position. Paris Junior College will likewise renovate space and add internship placement staff. The cooperative will plug into an employer network across northeast Texas to place students in mentored internships.
Dr. Ryan Erck of East Texas A&M serves as principal investigator, with Dr. Mustafa Mashal, Arthur Lumzy and Arthur Valiant among the project team. The university says students in rural areas often live far from internship opportunities, and the grant is meant to wire employer resources directly into both schools' programs.
(Source: East Texas A&M University)
来源：东德克萨斯农工大学
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图片来源：东德克萨斯农工大学（原德州农工大学Commerce分校）校园建筑（资料图）。Michael Barera 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / A campus building at East Texas A&M University, formerly Texas A&M University-Commerce (file photo). Photo by Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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