This $148,270 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program (CFDA 10.217) aims to enhance the career readiness of approximately 1,200 students at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES).
To accomplish this, the project will utilize an action learning approach that partners students with external corporate and community organization clients to solve authentic problems and develop real-world products. The University will offer professional development for faculty, create a digital repository of teaching tools, train faculty mentors, and provide mini-grants to support implementation of the action learning courses across the college. This is intended to equip ACES students with skills such as teamwork, communication, data collection, problem-solving, and presentation, making them more career-ready graduates able to address grand challenges in food, agriculture, and environmental systems. The project period runs from December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2026.
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