Highlights main points from the Berea College (Kentucky) Handbook on the Student Labor Program 1987/88. (JOW)

Describes the work-study program at Berea College in Kentucky and its benefits. (JOW)

The University of South Dakota Cooperative Field Education Program (CFEP) serves to supplement existing classroom study with related, credited field experience. The field experience is to: (1) give the student an opportunity to apply academic study to actual work experience; (2) open up new areas of interest, study and employment for the student;…

This paper examines the rapidly developing trends of cooperative education and nontraditional study. The author sees these trends as an attempt to end the self-imposed isolation of higher education. The first, cooperative education, brings students out of the more traditionally cloistered classroom setting into the world of work. The second,…

This study was conducted to determine what needs to be done to make work assignments for student trainees in a cooperative education program at the U.S. Army Missile Command interesting and challenging enough to assure the maximum retention of these students as full-time employees when they graduate. A questionnaire and evaluation form was devised…

The Cooperative Program in Teacher Education at New Mexico State University, now in its tenth year, is a work-study degree plan which students complete in the normal four years by attending summer sessions as well as regular semesters. Graduates enter the teaching profession with exposure to several levels of public school education. From first…

This is a report on the development of a service-learning project conducted in the southern region since 1967. The program provides college students with internships in community agencies to work on social and economic problems. Each student is assigned a project and works under the supervision of a project committee made up of a host agency…

Describes programs which alternate a study period in college and a training period in industry. Called "sandwich courses" in Britain and "cooperative courses" in America, these programs are considered by many educators to be among the most significant educational developments of our time. (MLH)

Presents a definition of cooperative education on the college level and outlines some of the advantages a cooperative program offers to the student, the employer, and the university. (HMV)

This paper describes the steps necessary for starting a cooperative education program for English majors. Though not all English majors can use cooperative education to advantage, such a program is an educational alternative that allows people who have no definite career goals to develop job opportunities while staying in school. Sample forms used…

Cooperative work-study programs are being used increasingly in technology education. In some foreign colleges, co-op programs are requisite. The author advocates an international co-op program utilizing the best of many countries in developing competent technical manpower. He cites advantages to the United States in sponsoring these programs. (MA)

Cooperative education blends theory and practice, and is explicitly concerned with the development of competencies as well as knowledge. Evidence is presented to show that cooperative education in education and the practice of combining working experience with formal study has been in use for some time. The value of such programs has been…

Recent development and implementation of cooperative education on the graduate level in the U.S. and Canada is examined in this study. Several questions are addressed: How and why did graduate cooperative education programs begin? How was the program received on campus? What are the major program characteristics? What problems or issues are…

The value of cooperative work/study experiences for chemistry students is discussed. Benefits suggested include novel lab experiences gained in industry, maturity and direction of career for the co-op student, and breadth in educational experience. (SA)