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