The discussion on this issue began at the Spring meeting, and was based on a document prepared by the Career Services office containing suggestions on how to improve participation in Co-op. The IAC looked at these suggestions, ranked them, and described why they were appropriate or not appropriate. They graded and ranked the various proposals, so there is numeric data that can be transmitted to the College to encourage coop participation. Students register for coop as a full-time load, and pay full fees. Some companies even provide housing.
Students gripe about paying fees when they feel they get minimal university services.
Co-op registration is down considerably. The university is losing SCUs and losing fees. Some Co-op sponsors have had difficulty finding faculty available to interact with them to supervise a senior project. Kaliski s sense is that we re not going to have much luck on fee reduction. Our best bet is to pursue priority registration.