Ellise LaMotte oversees Tufts’ weeklong spring break program, JUMP-IN, which allows first-year students to try on a career before committing to it. The goal is clarity: students feeling “this isn’t for me” counts as a win just as much as students saying, “this is it.” On this episode of Invented Here, LaMotte shares how JUMP-IN came to be, how the program’s success is measured, and how the work can be adapted to other campuses.

This episode is a part of Invented Here, a podcast series from LearningWell Magazine and the LearningWell Coalition featuring stories of innovation in learner-centered education that fosters life-long wellbeing.

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