Developing a Pairing System for Students Participating in Community-Based Projects

Students who participate in community-based projects are challenged by the broad breadth of activities and unique needs of partners, leading to a potential mismatch of necessary skills/interests, interpersonal conflict, and an underwhelming experience by both parties. Pre-determining and matching complementary student and project characteristics is one solution to improve the quality, value, and overall experience. PHRM 323 is an elective course that pairs students with partners to support community-based projects. Previously, students were randomly assigned to their community project. This project created a pairing system to match students to projects based on their interests, skills, and values.

参与基于社区的项目的学生，常会面临活动范畴宽泛、合作方需求独特所带来的挑战，进而可能出现必要技能/兴趣不匹配、人际冲突的问题，且导致双方体验均不尽如人意。预先确定并匹配互补的学生与项目特征，是提升项目质量、价值与整体体验的一种解决方案。PHRM 323是一门为学生搭配合作方以支持基于社区的项目的选修课。此前，该课程中的学生是被随机分配至社区项目的。本项目开发了一套配对系统，可依据学生的兴趣、技能与价值观，将其与对应项目进行匹配。