A June ECMC Group survey found that 79 percent of high school students say it is important to have on-the-job learning experiences during their postsecondary education, such as through internships or apprenticeships, and 65 percent believe their ideal college education would involve learning skills on the job. A summer 2022 Student Voice survey from Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse found the majority of college students had at least one internship or experiential learning, but about four in 10 had neither. To make hands-on learning more accessible and unified across the institution, Illinois Tech created Elevate, which provides one central location for all experiential learning offered at the university and for support resources to students.
