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Apr 1975
An Employer's Evaluation of Cooperative Education
Publication: Engineering Issues: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 101, Issue 2
Abstract
Cooperative education differs from other forms of engineering education in that a third party has been introduced. In addition to students and faculty, we now have employers. From personal encounters with co-op students in the employ of a major consulting firm, four basic conclusions are made; (1) Cooperative engineering students have generally been very satisfactory short-term employees and superior employees after graduation; (2) cooperative education brings together engineers in practice with those in education; (3) the best co-op employment program must often be a compromise between routine duties and more interesting assignments and (4) further improvements in cooperative education could be made through better communications and cooperation among employers, educators, and students.
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Engineering Issues: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 101 • Issue 2 • April 1975
Pages: 221 - 225
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© 1975 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Apr 1975
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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Robert W. Richards, F.ASCE
Assoc., Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff, Atlanta, Ga.
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