This report focuses on one of the State University of New York's (SUNY's) applied learning initiatives that includes work-based activities, e.g., co-ops, internships, work study, and clinical placement (SUNY Works). With funds from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, SUNY asked the Rockefeller Institute of Government to examine applied…

The University of South Dakota Cooperative Field Education Program (CFEP) serves to supplement existing classroom study with related, credited field experience. The field experience is to: (1) give the student an opportunity to apply academic study to actual work experience; (2) open up new areas of interest, study and employment for the student;…

This paper examines the rapidly developing trends of cooperative education and nontraditional study. The author sees these trends as an attempt to end the self-imposed isolation of higher education. The first, cooperative education, brings students out of the more traditionally cloistered classroom setting into the world of work. The second,…

Off-campus work-learning programs have developed because of a demand by students and the education community for a more relevant postsecondary education experience. The purpose of this guide is to provide information, ideas, and suggestions to enable the financial aid officer to better meet the demands of an off-campus College Work-Study Program…

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…

A wide variety of experiential programs that may be used to expand educational experiences is presented. These include service learning internships, cooperative education, volunteer programs, field-based, independent study, practice, work study, and University Year for Action. The participants in these proceedings outline the instructional…

Describes Work Experience Program, job locator program begun by University of Missouri at Columbia in 1979 and operated jointly by university's financial aid office and career planning and placement center. Explains how work-study program offers students access to wage-paying jobs while providing local employers with steady source of quality…

Describes programs which alternate a study period in college and a training period in industry. Called "sandwich courses" in Britain and "cooperative courses" in America, these programs are considered by many educators to be among the most significant educational developments of our time. (MLH)

Because of the shortage of professional personnel in the correctional system and because the university is a center for ideas and source of manpower, there is a great need for the university to develop a multidisciplinary curriculum directed toward training professionals to work in the field of corrections. A collaborative relationship between…

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)

Cooperative education blends theory and practice, and is explicitly concerned with the development of competencies as well as knowledge. Evidence is presented to show that cooperative education in education and the practice of combining working experience with formal study has been in use for some time. The value of such programs has been…

During the calendar year 1968, Boston College provided jobs for 783 students under the Federal College Work-Study Program. The jobs ranged from simple clerical to complex community service and computer operation positions, and every attempt was made to place students in positions related to the individual's educational experience and career goals.…

A conference was held for college presidents, student work supervisors, and students who are involved in student-work programs. Attending the conference were representatives of the following colleges: Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, Kentucky; Berea College, Berea, Kentucky; Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia; Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona…

It is estimated that some 220,000 students participate each year in cooperative education programs in 1,100 colleges and universities. The cooperative education, or work-study, concept is discussed with focus on the program's major purposes and benefits for the colleges, students and businesses involved. (JMD)

Implementing cooperative education requires careful planning, institutional support, and competent staffing. Suggestions for planning, setting objectives, recruiting students, job development, student counseling and placement, liaison with other colleges offices, and institutionalization are described. (Author/LBH)