The changing role of universities in society includes the increasing expectation that academic institutions should engage in collaboration with companies. Industrial PhD programmes are educational tools for building bridges between the academic sector and industry. In these programmes, the PhD student studies and carries out research while being…

This article describes how Fidelity, the largest mutual fund company in the United States, has transformed a traditional college recruiting program into a holistic college partnership that emphasizes the interdependence of its parts. Fidelity's enhanced internship program embraces the "try before you buy" philosophy, which benefits both the firm…

An experiential educational model at the University of Lethbridge is described that allows for both employment and volunteer experiences, involves the awarding of academic credits and places the onus on the student to document the relationship between field experience and academic program. (Author/MLW)

Co-op programs alternate work and study in order to enhance the development of future professionals. Suggestions for writing proposals, working with managers and supervisors, drawing up administrative policies, and recruiting students are offered. The importance of the triadic partners (employer, student, and academic institution) working together…

Reviews the Collin County Community College District's efforts to emphasize active, experiential learning by providing "hands on" laboratory experiences in most courses, plus internships and cooperative work experiences beyond the classroom. Highlights the fluid and individualized nature of the experiential component, accommodating faculty and…

Reviews the movement toward an expanded classroom through experientially based curricular innovations such as cooperative education, internships, study abroad, and service learning, which are intended to bring concrete experience into the learning model, allowing students to apply classroom concepts and complete the learning process. Provides an…

Focusing on a model of cooperative education programs which was developed by a four-year public institution, the author addresses such topics as the role of policies in the program model, program goals and objectives, framework of the model, student enrollment in cooperative education, and employee relations and job development. (LRA)

The paper describes the Related Vocational Instruction (RVI) and Career Employment Experience (CEE) Programs at a Georgia high school and explains how the programs cooperated to better serve the needs of the educable mentally handicapped students in the school. The goal of the RVI program is to provide secondary handicapped students with job entry…

Focusing on a high school agricultural cooperative education program, the author presents guidelines for supervisory visits and for the selection of good training stations. The benefits of cooperative programs to the student, community, school, and employer are listed. (LRA)

Describes the student-centered approach to cooperative education at Montclair State College which evolved in response to a diverse student population. (LRA)

This study was designed to: (1) describe, in some detail, the structure and activities of engineering programs exemplifying different approaches to experiential learning; (2) identify learning outcomes using this approach, especially in comparison to the regular curriculum; and (3) clarify the broad impact of experiential learning on…

For many experiential learning programs, the critical task in program institutionalization is the process whereby external funding for program development is replaced with institutional funds for program continuation. The success of cooperative education at Tidewater Community College is described. (MLW)

This manual describes the Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Hagerstown Junior College (HJC) as a model for community colleges interested in implementing a community-based career exploration program. The first sections of the manual present background information on the program and HJC. Next, the components of the EBCE program are…

Although student enrollments in cooperative education constitute only about 8 percent of all high school students, about half of all high schools provide such opportunities. In practically all co-op programs, the employer ensures supervision, on-the-job learning, and evaluations that will influence students' grades; coordinators have released time…

This final evaluation report describes and summarizes the evaluation findings for the 1976-77 school year of the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory (NWREL) Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) Program. Following an executive summary, the report is organized into five chapters, plus a separate volume of appendixes. Chapter I summarizes the…