纽约州保罗史密斯学院获280万美元联邦资助建劳动学院模式：为纽约州首家，带薪工作岗位2027年秋季起推出
纽约州保罗史密斯报道 — 保罗史密斯学院（Paul Smith's College）宣布，已获得280万美元的联邦第三章机构强化计划（Title III Strengthening Institutions Program, SIP）资助，用于启动其新的劳动学院（Work College）模式的初期建设。学院称，这使其成为纽约州首家推行这一高等教育模式的机构。
据学院发布，资助将支持校园企业开发、设施翻新、面向工作的第一年课程，以及帮助教师适应劳动学院模式的准备工作。该模式把职业体验设为学生大学经历的组成部分：学生参加与其学业相连的、有结构且带薪的工作岗位，而非把实习、带薪实习学期或服务学习仅作补充机会。
学院院长丹·凯尔廷（Dan Kelting）表示，学院正重新思考大学教育能为学生提供什么，并感谢美国教育部对这项工作的认可与支持；他称劳动学院毕业生相比同类机构同龄人有更高的就业率、更高的收入与更低的贷款违约率。该模式将分阶段实施，工作机会自2027年秋季开始推出，并在其后年度扩大。学院称，其为阿迪朗达克公园内唯一的四年制学院，专业包括商业与酒店业、烹饪管理、林业、环境科学与自然资源等。
Paul Smith's College in New York Receives 2.8 Million Dollar Federal Grant to Build a Work College Model: The First in New York State, With Paid Work Starting in Fall 2027
PAUL SMITHS, New York — Paul Smith's College announced it has received a 2.8 million dollar Title III Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) grant to support the initial phases of its new Work College model, making it the first institution to pursue this approach to higher education in New York, according to the college.
Funding will support the development of campus enterprises, facility renovations, work-oriented first-year programming and faculty preparedness for the Work College model. Under the model, students participate in structured, paid work assignments connected to their academic studies, instead of treating internships, co-ops or service learning as supplemental opportunities.
President Dan Kelting said the college is reimagining what a college education can deliver for students and thanked the U.S. Department of Education for recognizing and supporting the work, adding that Work College graduates go on to have higher employment rates, higher earnings and lower loan default rates than peers at comparable institutions. The model will be implemented in phases, with work opportunities beginning in Fall 2027 and expanding in subsequent years. The college describes itself as the only four-year college located in the Adirondack Park in upstate New York, with hands-on fields including business and hospitality, culinary management, forestry, environmental sciences and natural resources.
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