In recent years, colleges and universities in the United States have had an on-again, off-again relationship with Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) units on their campuses. This article discusses the history of how these units came into being and the benefits of having ROTC to the students, the institution, and the nation. While there is…

This article presents the author's response to "An Experiment in Method" by J.L.J. Wilson. In 1960-61 Wilson was invited to give lectures on "modern techniques in adult education" as part of a training school for those involved in the work of developing "Co-operatives for Aborigines" which were sponsored by the…

Provides an overview of the rationale for the marketing of cooperative education in postsecondary institutions and outlines a six-step procedure for the successful implementation of a marketing program. (JOW)

Discusses the Cooperative Education Association from its beginning in 1963 to the present. Includes information on founders, early meetings, changes, and mission and goals. (JOW)

Basing cooperative education in a behaviorist view of learning fails to link curriculum, work experience, and learners. A better approach is Gardner's concept of cognitive apprenticeship: structured experiential learning that recognizes multiple intelligences and is based on the psychology of learning. (SK)

Proposes an ethical principle to guide evaluators of cooperative education programs: that all actions of the evaluator contribute to a competent, fair, and useful assessment. Applies this principle to each element of the evaluation process. (SK)

Cooperative education has been limited by its characterization as an educational strategy, model, or method. As cooperative education enters its second century, it needs to be reinvented as an academic discipline with its own body of knowledge and precepts in order to assume its place within the academy. (JOW)

Describes the experiences of a secondary education major in speech and drama as a counselor with The Salvation Army Summer Camp. The author found that his cooperative education experience served him well as a career enhancement and dry run in the real world of the workplace. (JOW)

Discusses the history and evolution of the Journal of Cooperative Education and includes information about style and format, contributors, titles of articles, and references. (JOW)

A student discusses his one-year cooperative education internship and its benefits to him economically, experientially, socially, and emotionally. (CT)

Reviews the status of cooperative education research; presents an analytical discussion on issues related to the evolution of cooperative education research (dissemination, graduate programs, co-op practitioners); and offers suggestions for enhancing research in cooperative education. (JOW)

Cooperative education should adopt the learning communities model because (1) it situates learning in communities of inquirers who share meanings and ideas; (2) it related learning to experiences and the larger cultural context; and (3) it enables learning that has value and meaning. In co-op, learning communities help cross the boundaries between…

Presents key results of the follow-up and assessment processes and significant factors affecting meeting nontraditional students' needs through cooperative education in the Educational Opportunities Program at Oregon State University. (JOW)

Addresses the needs of a traditional American Indian population to find work and success in jobs in a culture that is in many ways foreign to them. Topics discussed reflect experiences with students on a campus with a population that is approximately 10 percent American Indian. (JOW)

Highlights the people and events that set the stage for the rapid growth of cooperative education that occurred during the sixties and early seventies. (JOW)