Jack and Patti Phillips Workplace Learning and Performance Institute | About Us

About Us

Our Mission

The WLPI will serve as a research and outreach center for best practices in workplace learning and performance.

Our Goals as a Center

• Extract and develop models of best practices in workplace learning and performance and disseminate models in print, electronically, and face-to-face.
• Foster better integration and new development of technologies related to workplace learning and performance.
• Implement a systematic approach to measure workplace learning and performance.
• Provide internships, practical work experience, and research opportunities for university students.
• Provide products and services that help workforce development professionals do their jobs effectively and efficiently.
• Serve as a repository of public sector return-on-investment impact studies.

Honors Received

• Recognized as 2002 Southern Innovator in Workforce Development, awarded by the Southern Growth Policies Board, June 2002
• Received the NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award for development of the "Geospatial Technology Competency Model©", August 2003
• Geospatial Awards - curriculum implementation
• Received the Southern Growth Policies Board Innovator Award for Geospatial Technology Apprenticeship Program (GTAP), June 2006