{"id":1987,"date":"2017-08-07T20:42:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T20:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makexyz.wpengine.com\/?page_id=1987"},"modified":"2021-07-01T11:47:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T15:47:12","slug":"universities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many universities look to support their missions by establishing cultures of making on their campuses. They recognize their responsibility to help students to both think, and do.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By creating a makerspace, these universities hope to address student demand for access to tools and machinery; to attract talented prospective students; and to complement design, innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many universities learn (the hard way) that a room with tools and machines is not necessarily a makerspace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They also learn that on their own, makerspaces do little to foster design, innovation, and entrepreneurship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Make Impact Consortium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helps member schools collaborate and leverage shared learning and leading practices, to mitigate mistakes, and accelerate preferred outcomes, including<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Designing and equipping effective and attractive makerspaces, and complementary facilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defining and measuring success of a makerspace<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring safety without constraining access<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordinating makerspaces with design, innovation and entrepreneurship resources\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Addressing and satisfying fundraising, staffing, and other resource needs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fostering and sustaining robust ecosystems on and around campuses &#8211; incorporating design, innovation, makerspace, and entrepreneurial resources &#8211; to support students, alumni, and community members from idea, to prototype, to successful start-up<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2124\" src=\"http:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FINAL-University-MakeXYZ-Infographic-01-1024x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FINAL-University-MakeXYZ-Infographic-01-1024x636.png 1024w, https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FINAL-University-MakeXYZ-Infographic-01-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FINAL-University-MakeXYZ-Infographic-01-768x477.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/consortium\/\">Make Impact Consortium<\/a> and our <a href=\"https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/private-public-partners\/\">private and public partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many universities look to support their missions by establishing cultures of making on their campuses. They recognize their responsibility to help students to both think, and do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1987","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeimpactconsortium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}