National Program
The success of the EPICS model at Purdue University resulted in the creation of the National EPICS Program in 1999. Purdue serves as the National EPICS Headquarters. Currently, there are eighteen universities in the National EPICS Program:
- Purdue University
- University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Butler University
- University of California, Merced
- University of California, San Diego
- Columbia University
- Dartmouth College
- Drexel University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- University of Notre Dame
- Penn State University
- Princeton University
- University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
- San Jose State University
- University of Virginia
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The Goals of the National EPICS Program are to:
- Disseminate the EPICS model of design and service learning
- Provide a Support structure for individual EPICS programs through:
- Resources for faculty starting and developing programs
- Sharing of best-practices amongst EPICS faculty
- Templates of materials and documents
- Create a network or community of faculty, students and local community members
- Collaborate for funding of multiple programs and/or initiatives
- Share resources
- Unique capabilities of programs
- Leverage resources of local programs
- National Impact
- Collaboration between programs
- National-scale projects
- Data Collection and Assessment
