ERIC Number: ED148236
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977
Pages: 29
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Cooperative Education--A National Assessment, Executive Summary. Covers Period of Performance During July, 1975-November, 1977.
Cohen, Alan J.; And Others
The degree to which cooperative education is a viable educational and/or financial aid mechanism for institutions of higher education to adopt is examined in this research report. A postsecondary co-op program is defined as one in which the institution takes primary responsibility for providing the student with a series of experiences in which academic and on-the-job learning is integrated. This study also determined the effectiveness of the federal role in supporting cooperative education through Title IV-D of the Higher Education Act. Four segments of the program include: (1) an examination of the costs and benefits of cooperative education for the three key sets of participants--the student, employer, and institution; (2) a determination of the degree to which cooperative education is a viable career education mechanism; (3) an assessment of the national potential for the expansion of cooperative education in postsecondary institutions; and (4) as assessment of the federal role in promoting the growth of postsecondary cooperative programs. Program and policy implications are also addressed. (LBH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employers, Experiential Learning, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Government Role, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, On the Job Training, Policy Formation, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation, Student Experience, Student Financial Aid, Vocational Education, Work Experience Programs, Work Study Programs
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation.
Authoring Institution: Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Higher Education Act Title IV
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