LaGuardia Community College's Teaching, Application and Reinforcement (TAR) Program helps students develop the three thinking techniques, calculative, reflective, and analytical thinking, necessary for the mental agility that must be a part of the changing climate of the business world. (RK)

This article discusses effective strategic planning and management of employer cooperative education programs. It examines types of planning, the need for such programs, and implementation strategies. Several case studies are considered: Dayton-Hudson, IBM, AT&T, Delta Airlines, and Rockwell International. (CT)

A model is presented which can help the cooperative program coordinator monitor the direction and degree of trends in cooperative wage strength as well as the degree of compression or expansion of cooperative wages from year to year. A sample program and implications of the model are included. (CT)

Higher education is experiencing many changes and Cooperative Education programs should reflect and be involved in the new innovations that have invaded education. To gain some understanding of education and how Cooperative Education can contribute to it, various educational philosophies must be examined. These philosophies may be grouped under…

Identifies some cooperative education activities promoting more effective learning and the enhancement of excellence in vocational education. Discusses the interdependence of education and work, promoting private sector initiatives programs, and special student populations. (CT)

This paper analyzes credibility and sensitivity in conjunction with cooperative education program development. The author also discusses several phases of program development (student orientation and employer contact) and how they tie in with credibility and sensitivity. (CT)

Describes the cooperative education program that is promoted by the Georgia Power Company and gives reasons why it is continued. (RK)

How does one develop a fair distribution of equitable work loads for faculty involved in operating a cooperative education program? Attempts to specify the responsibilities required, estimate the amount of time needed to meet these responsibilities, and equate this time with the time required for meeting normal classroom requirements. (Author/RK)

A sample of 160 faculty members was surveyed to explore the current state of cooperative education programs in marketing. Results are examined and cover such elements as academic credit for student cooperative experiences, program administration, employer participation in cooperative programs, and faculty involvement. (CT)

This article estimates 1980-81 undergraduate cooperative student enrollment in 12 curriculum areas, both for the total cooperative education institution population and for seven stratifications of this population. Data indicate that business and engineering curricula contain the largest cooperative student enrollments. (CT)

The amount of learning will be primarily affected by the quality of the student's questioning. If the student is passive, the internship will become only a part-time job or a training experience. But if the student is an active, constructive questioner, he/she will be participating in the central mission of higher education. (LRA)

This research investigates, identifies, and describes successful operational model cooperative education programs for liberal arts students, provides teachers from liberal arts colleges with the opportunity to describe various approaches which have been successful, and attempts to guide all liberal arts education programs in all types of higher…

Evaluates the Cooperative Experiential Education Program introduced at Marymount College, New York, in 1970. In this plan, the student combines off-campus work with on-campus study. The program's goals are to enhance the classroom study of the student, help her identify long-range career objectives, and assist the student in locating employment…

The University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) Cooperative Education program received federal aid in July, 1976. This aid provided, for the first time, a solid financial base for the program and, to insure its success, a comprehensive marketing plan was designed. Describes the key elements of the plan and its objectives. (Author/RK)

A study to evaluate the relative effectiveness of cooperative education in preparing men and women for occupational achievement and satisfaction after graduation found no evidence that the programs are more beneficial to women than men. (LRA)