The University of Tennessee provides technical assistance, website design, multimedia applications, non-degree certificate programs, and course development. Being able to work together as a team in an environment that supports current technology research and implementation of the courses. In addition, university internships have proven successful for Bechtel who benefited from a business gradate student's three-year business plan. The university system requires a longer time frame to complete activities than Bechtel is accustomed to. However, the overall partnership has been very successful.
Evaluation is ongoing with an annual contract.
The partnership has been renewed for 1999. The main lesson learned is that traditional universities are going to have to listen to those companies that employ their students or those companies will become higher education's greatest new competitors. 37831-0350 University of Tennessee Dr. Gayle Cooper , Asst.