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Download full textStyles, Jimmie C.; Pace, Denny F. – 1969
Educational institutions and the functional units of the criminal justice system have not been well coordinated. Working on the assumption that education and training are complimentary processes, there is a current attempt to bring these processes together in a single concept called "work experience." The purpose of this document is to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Police School Relationship, Two Year Colleges, Work Experience Programs
WOOLDRIDGE, ROY L. – 1966
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION IS A WORK-STUDY PLAN INTEGRATING THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES. THE STUDENT ALTERNATES PERIODS OF FULL-TIME WORK IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT, A BUSINESS, OR A GOVERNMENT AGENCY WITH EQUAL PERIODS OF FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDY. THE FACTORS THAT POINT TO A POTENTIALLY EFFECTIVE USE OF THIS SYSTEM INCLUDE NEW JERSEY'S…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Two Year Colleges, Vocational Education
Daly, Bob
This study was undertaken to determine whether the grade point averages of students at Santa Ana College (SAC) have been increasing over time, and, with an increasing number of work-experience students, whether the work experience grade distribution has had any effect on the grade distribution of the entire college. Results indicate that SAC's…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Two Year Colleges
Brown, Robert L. – 1971
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…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Field Experience Programs, Two Year Colleges
Basseri, Jamshid – 1970
Cooperative education depends on employers and educators working together to form a superior total educational curriculum for the student. It is believed that mid-management training, a first-level supervisory position, can be given to the community college. It is also believed that learning takes place because of what the student can be led to…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cooperative Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Labor Force Development
Stanton, Charles M. – 1970
Although community colleges have a relatively short period of time to help students learn about society and themselves, the students can gain personal meaning from the concepts and information of course material through related, practical experience. Colleges may, therefore, find it beneficial to incorporate community service experience into the…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cooperative Education, Relevance (Education), School Community Relationship
Boyer, Marcia A. – Junior College Research Review, 1970
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…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Employment Experience, School Community Relationship, Student Employment
Soper Associates, Berne, NY. – 1972
La Guardia College (New York) is the only community college in the United States requiring its entire student body to participate in a work-experience program regardless of curriculum choice. This study, conducted by a team of selected consultants, is an assessment of the program based on onsite visits, interviews, and an array of reports and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Innovation
McNutt, Dorothy E. – 1974
College of the Mainland (COM) has supported a cooperative education program for business majors since 1969. This program is a one-, two-, or three-semester plan that offers a student work in the community during his studies at COM. Each of the three co-op courses offers four hours credit for exploratory, career preparatory, or career retraining or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Education, Cooperative Education, Grade Point Average
San Mateo Community Coll. District, CA. – 1969
This report describes the 2-year cooperative education demonstration project conducted in three colleges of the San Mateo Junior College District (California). The project, involving all academic disciplines, offers co-op students three plans: (1) alternate class attendance and a full-time job in conjunction with another student on a semester…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employer Attitudes, Evening Programs, Extended School Day
San Mateo Community Coll. District, CA. – 1974
This document presents a comprehensive overview of cooperative education programs in the San Mateo Community College District. There are three plans which provide regular work experience related to college studies and career goals. The Alternative Semester pattern allows two students to hold one full-time position by exchanging work and study…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Objectives, Employment Opportunities
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1977
This document is designed to identify several types of vocational education programs and activities that are in operation in California's school districts and communities. Although the document primarily focuses on California programs, information in all sections--particularly those titled Vocational Education Advisory Committees, Scope of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Apprenticeships, Certification, Community Involvement
