Cooperative
Education Comes of Age Students Embrace Learn-Work-And-Earn
Path To College Degree
If a student was considering a college, would the availability of co-op make that student more likely to apply?
For
a not insignificant number of students, the availability
of cooperative education would have
made them more likely to apply to that institution.
Specifically, 39 percent of students surveyed
reported that they would have been much more
likely or somewhat more likely to have applied
to an institution they were considering if that
college offered co-op experience. In terms of
any negative effect co-op would have on college
applications, only 7 percent of respondents indicated
that they would have been less likely to apply
to an institution if cooperative education was
offered. The majority, 52 percent, said they
would have been equally likely to apply to a
college whether or not it offered co-op.
