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AI Industry-University Partnerships: A Community Handbook
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Dr. Aviva Legatt, Founder of EdGenerative | www.EdGenerative.com
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aviva@avivalegatt.com | Forbes Contributor | Affiliated Faculty, University of Pennsylvania
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Connect with Dr. Aviva Legatt on LinkedIn
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ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
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Every week brings another announcement of a campus AI partnership. Most of them are procurement.
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This handbook documents industry-university partnerships and applies a single test to all of them: Does a student get real work out of it, or a measurably better shot at a job? Programs are sorted into thirteen categories by what the student actually walks away with - paid work experience, an employer-assessed project, credit-bearing curriculum, an industry credential, a direct hiring pathway, or a portfolio and network.
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A vendor deployment is not a workforce program, however the press release is written. A free certificate is not work experience. A student club sponsored by an AI lab builds portfolio and network, which is worth something, but it is not a hiring pipeline.
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HOW TO READ THE CAREER PARTNERSHIPS TAB
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Student Value names the concrete thing a student gets: paid work experience, an employer-assessed project, credit-bearing industry curriculum, an industry credential, a direct hiring pathway, or portfolio and network. Sort by this column to see what your own portfolio is missing.
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Documented Outcome is deliberately conservative. Where a placement or conversion figure has been published, it is stated with its source. Where none exists, the cell says so plainly rather than implying results that have not been measured. Company-announced targets are labeled as targets.
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Notes flags what to verify before you cite an entry publicly - unnamed partners, shortened links, vendor claims, and reporting that came through opinion pieces rather than primary announcements.
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CONTRIBUTE YOUR PARTNERSHIP - SUBMIT YOUR PARTNERSHIP HERE
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If you have an AI use case from your institution that you would like to share, please use the submission form above. Submissions will be reviewed and added within 48 hours. Please do not request editing access to this document.
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Rebuilt: August 6, 2026 | You are welcome to share this resource freely with attribution to Dr. Aviva Legatt / EdGenerative.
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