Summer 2020 Discuss project strategies and timeline with Advisory Committee Begin design of survey instrument and interview protocol Fall 2020 Develop and pilot the finalized version of the survey instrument Develop and pilot the employer and student interview protocols Gather data from institutional Career Centers Map the preliminary geospatial data and begin the data collection process Spring 2021 Administer Year One survey to students Observe institutional career fairs Begin the interview process with employers and recruiters Finalize data collection for geospatial analyses Transcribe and analyze qualitative data Summer & Fall 2021 Continue observing career fairs Clean survey responses and begin the quantitative analysis Plan to begin presenting initial findings Spring 2022 Distribute Year Two Survey Complete interviews with students (sampled from Year One) Ongoing analysis of data, culminating with the integration of research findings Summer & Fall 2022 Continued integration of survey data, interviews, and geospatial analysis Submit conference proposals and finalize publications
