Career-connected learning is an educational strategy that combines high-quality academic instruction, skill-based learning, and real-world experiences to prepare students with the knowledge and skills that they need to pursue their college and career goals. Career-connected learning can be delivered in a variety of ways, including in core content…

Although a multitude of programs in higher education integrate formal pedagogy with practical work experience (e.g., internships, practicum, and cooperative education), their underlying logic is largely the same: to enhance the value of the learning experience through an integration of work and education. To date, however, there appears to be no…

This paper discusses eight factors considered the requisites of interagency coordination: items to exchange, mutual benefit, awareness, mutual respect, communication, similarity or complementarity of goals, opportunity, and commitment. (CT)

Program evaluation criteria can be derived internally (from the program and institution) and externally (from the field and accrediting agencies). Criteria should be explicit, functional, and applicable to the full range of possible programs. (SK)

Considers how Sally Mackey's deconstruction of landscape and memory in "Drama, Landscape and Memory: To Be Is To Be in Place" is a fascinating approach to potent tessellations of place, space, performance and identity and is certainly a welcome exploration of such ideas within an educational context. (SG)

Cooperative education is an educational method that offers many opportunities and benefits to students, employers, and higher educational institutions. Higher education has traditionally resisted marketing in any form. This has largely been the result of the traditional, narrow promotional concept of marketing. In contrast to this view, marketing…

Takes a look at some public relations ideas that work well, especially for those institutions operating with a voluntary program. The public relations efforts are aimed at administrators, faculty, students, employers, staff, community, local high schools, and other colleges. (CT)

History advisory councils provide a means for incorporating career development and professional experience into the functioning of a history department. The nature of these councils is essentially advisory, focusing on the application of history in nonacademic settings. History advisory councils help to ensure that a market-oriented element is…

This first volume of a two-volume manual provides a structure for the analysis of the design of cooperative education and the implementation of the design in terms of the 49 key elements of cooperative education. It is intended for use by persons responsible for cooperative education at state and local levels. Volume I contains the introduction…

This handbook on cooperative education is intended as a how-to manual designed specifically for the administrators who assume responsibility for implementing the cooperative method. Contents include program descriptions and information on the basic elements of cooperative education. The minimum elements of a written plan for the implementation and…

The design of an internal program evaluation system requires (1) formulation of program, operational, and institutional objectives; (2) establishment of evaluation criteria; (3) choice of data collection and evaluation techniques; (4) analysis of results; and (5) integration of the system into the mainstream of operations. (SK)

Employers who treat interns and co-ops as valuable members of their organization stand out in the minds of students and career services professionals. They also stand to benefit by strengthening campus relationships, developing a talent pipeline, enhancing recruitment and retention outcomes, and ultimately improving their bottom line. (Author)

In developing a syllabus for a cooperative education program, 12 areas should be considered: basic information about cooperative education, course description, related class description, parent-student information, application form, training memorandum, parent orientation, preparation for interviews, letter of introduction, job attitudes, student…

Presents a cooperative education model that correlates the student's occupational objective with his/her training station. Components of the model discussed are (1) the task analysis, (2) the job description, (3) training plans, and (4) student evaluation. (LRA)

Guidelines in question and answer format explain implications of the Immigration Reform and Control Act's antidiscrimination provisions for cooperative education recruiting practices. Issues addressed include legality of questions about citizenship and work authorization, employer hiring requirements, and F-1 and H-1 visa holders. (SK)