Co-op lets students evaluate their career decisions early in their college years. It develops maturity. It creates networks. Through co-op, both employers and students make invaluable professional contacts in academia and industry. It helps students earn money.
Many students use their co-op earnings to defray some of their educational expenses.
A Proven Advantage for Employers Successful organizations today must find ways to prosper with fewer resources. Many are discovering that cooperative education is a cost effective way to meet their human resource needs. Co-op helps them save money, maintain productivity, and hire the very best employees. In fact, nearly 85 percent of the top one hundred firms on the current Fortune 500 roster participate in cooperative education. Motivated, energetic workers.