The cooperative program, its rationale and development, since 1968, at The University of the Pacific are described. The school is on a 4-1-4 calendar with four courses fall and spring, a one-course January term, and a regular summer term. Cooperative work experience begins in the third year. (TS)

This document presents a process model for the development of a cooperative education program. Aspects of the first year of program operation are discussed including: preplanning/study stages, establishment of co-op committee, surveys, establishment of alternative approaches, visiting institutions representative of the school, specifications for…

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

Describes a program at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis with two distinctive features: a parallel work-study format and integration of a conventional Master of Science academic component of coursework and research with work experience. Discusses student characteristics, placement, and response to the program. (CW)

Describes the Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Public Schools agribusiness program, a secondary level program which emphasizes career exploration and on-the-job training experience; eight statements describe why the program has been successful. (HD)

Prepared by the Dutchess County Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), Division of Occupational Education, this manual assists employers of cooperative students involved in the Diversified Cooperative Education Program by providing the new employer with the practices and procedures of the program. The manual should also be of value to…

A cooperative office education program at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, increased its enrollment and work placement of students with the coordinator's treating the program as a year-round process, which is illustrated in her August-through-July schedule of monthly tasks. (MF)

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)