The same is true for Purdue's Cooperative Education Program in Engineering. It helps students integrate theory and practice, confirm career choices, investigate potential job opportunities, and become better graduates. At the same time Co-Ops can earn a substantial portion of their college expenses. Formally initiated in 1954, the Co-Op Program serves 1,000 students and 400 employers from private industry and government agencies. Roughly sixty percent of the Co-Op jobs are in the Midwest states, including Indiana, with the remaining forty percent distributed throughout the country.
Cooperative education benefits both the employer and the employee.
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