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Peer reviewedGardner, Philip D.; And Others – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1992
Comparison of 370 engineering co-op graduates with 1,037 nonco-op engineering graduates showed that co-op participants had higher starting salaries; 5 or fewer terms of co-op had better effects. Women, especially electrical, mechanical, or chemical majors, had substantially better salaries with co-op experience. (SK)
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Engineering, Entry Workers, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGardner, Philip D.; Motschenbacher, Garth – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1997
Analysis of 600 work diaries from engineers who graduated 1979-90 found the following: 35% had cooperative education experience; only 33% worked for their co-op employer; co-op graduates entered work at the same level and were promoted at the same pace as others, except those with no prior career-related experience; and co-op graduates had an…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Economic Factors, Employment Level, Engineers
