2. Program Collaborations for Workforce Alignment
Outside Classroom Learning Experiences
Early Internships and career pathways
Student/Employer Connections Prior to Graduation
High Priority Academic Programs
Online/Hybrid Delivery
Retention, Graduation & Completion
Community College Transfer success
Close Success Gaps
Research Impact for Louisiana competitiveness
Commercialization and Tech Transfer
Faculty Expertise/Excellence
Public/Private Partnerships
Strategic Alignment of Funding

3. Master Plan Research Advisory Committee (MPRAC)
Strategic Inventory of Louisiana Research and Innovation Assets

4. Builds Upon Industry’s Views of Important University assets: One Size Does Not Fit all areas
Emerging Growth Sector
*Industry Assessment
Industry- Univ. Collaborations
Research
Signature Facilities
Talent
Digital Media & Enterprise Software ◐ ◔ ●
Coastal & Water Management
Clean Technology (i.e., Bioprocessing, Power/Energy, Energy Efficiency)
Life Sciences (i.e., Specialty Healthcare, Obesity/Diabetes, Pharmaceuticals) ◕
Advanced Manufacturing (i.e., Auto, Aerospace, Chemical, Shipbuilding, Other Manufacturing)
Next Generation Oil & Gas
Nuclear Energy
Industry Assessment of Needs/Priorities (qualitative based upon industry interviews):
●Critical ◕Very important ◐Somewhat Important ◔Minimally important ○Unimportant.
* - Based upon interviews of selected companies and not an industry’s qualitative and quantitative assessment of Louisiana’s assets.

5. Emerging Growth Sector Initiatives
Emerging growth Sectors present Opportunities for Collaboration between industry and higher education
Emerging Growth Sector Initiatives
Digital Media & Enterprise Software
Talent Development
Coastal & Water Management
Continued development of large-scale signature facilities and related activities to foster industry-university partnerships
Clean Technology
Increased university engagement with industry through consortia or similar efforts
Life Sciences
Continued development of proof-of-concept tools for early-stage university research to foster commercialization
Advanced Manufacturing
Foster the component manufacturing capabilities available statewide

6. Analytics Dashboard

7. Comparative Database Publication of scholarship work
Citations to published journal articles
Research funding by federal agencies
Honorific awards bestowed upon faculty members

8. Company Overview

9. Student data – the past
Institution
Transcript
Employers
Students

10. Student data – consumerization
Multiple Institutions
Community Colleges
Students
Skills &
Credentials
Employers
Online Courses
Certifications

11. Academic products
Applications to help students improve success in college
Personal Ed Plan
Q&A Stream
Course Data
Schedule Planning

12. Profile & skills platform
Public profile for students to consume data and tell their story
Student Profile
Skills & Credentials
Jobs match for students

13. Institution & employer products
Institution & employer solutions to improve student job outcomes
Self-serve job posting
Talent Search
Talent Scout

14. System marketplaces 216,000 students / 325,000 alumni
35,000 nursing students