This report covers the first year (July 1967-June 1968) of a 2-year cooperative education program. During this time, 359 students were enrolled in courses in aviation, business, education, physical and natural science, engineering, general technical, and liberal arts; another 84 were in a special V.A. Hospital project. The design and objectives…

This 1968 feasibility study of a cooperative education plan for students wanting careers in distribution is limited to College of San Mateo and 50 employers in the area. Although other plans have been developed, the most promising allows two students to fill a full-time work station--one student enrolled for the semester, the other working full…

This is the first annual report of a 3-year exemplary project, financed by the U.S. Office of Education to prove that vocational cooperative education--a community college plan for career preparation through classroom study and off-campus, paid work experience--is an effective solution to the problems of student motivation, educational relevance,…

Two carefully planned programs operating within traditional classroom frameworks, have been unusually successful. The first, developed in Stoughton, Massachusetts, a lower middle-class community in the Boston area, uses a field-based approach. The second, initiated in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, an upper middle-class suburb of Philadelphia, employs a…

Many of the problems of our youth today stem from lack of purpose or the feeling of self worth. Skills training at the secondary level could provide this feeling of self worth. Cooperative training programs could supply many high school graduates with the purpose in life they are seeking. (DS)

This is the second annual report concerning a multiple-option design for a cooperative education program used by a consortium of five California community colleges. (For the first annual report, see ED 058 880.) The effectiveness of the program is assessed by analyzing 15 areas such as retention, income, employer attitudes, cost effectiveness, and…

THIS PROJECT WAS INITIATED TO HELP PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEET SOME OF THE MAJOR REHABILITATION NEEDS OF MENTALLY RETARDED PUPILS THROUGH A COORDINATED PROGRAM OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY SPECIAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. THE 24 STEPS IN THE PROJECT INCLUDED--(1) A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT OUTLINED INDIVIDUAL AGENCY AND RECIPROCAL…

Cooperative education involves on-campus instruction and off-campus work experience. These programs can be referred to as work study, field work, or work experience. The student has the advantage of applying his knowledge in a work situation; the college gains financial benefits; and the employer has the opportunity to influence the student to…

This study was conducted to determine what needs to be done to make work assignments for student trainees in a cooperative education program at the U.S. Army Missile Command interesting and challenging enough to assure the maximum retention of these students as full-time employees when they graduate. A questionnaire and evaluation form was devised…

This document describes work-based learning, a process that connects school and work and makes it possible for students to get a head start on a career by combining classroom study and practical experiences in a "job-like" setting or with an actual employer. It contains a personal guide to some of the work-based learning programs that are…

The combination of course work and related work experience into educational programs at the junior college level represents an attempt by these institutions to meet the changing requirements of today's employers. This Research Review looks at a few aspects of their programs . To begin with, the values of these programs are viewed from the…

Data are analyzed to examine systematically different configurations of work education by means of a typology in three dimensions: educational level, primary program purpose, and industrial setting. A stratified random sample of 50 work education sites was drawn to determine the degree to which different types of programs are meeting their…