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Autor/inn/en | Villeneuve, Jennifer Curry; Grubb, W. Norton |
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Institution | National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. |
Titel | Indigenous School-to-Work Programs: Lessons from Cincinnati's Co-op Education. |
Quelle | (1996), (85 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Community Colleges; Cooperative Education; Education Work Relationship; Educational Benefits; Educational Practices; Employer Attitudes; Questionnaires; School Districts; Teacher Attitudes; Transitional Programs; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Education; Work Experience Programs; Ohio (Cincinnati) |
Abstract | The structure and perceived benefits of the cooperative education programs offered by two-year colleges in Cincinnati, Ohio, were examined in a study in which 66 representatives of 54 area firms and 25 individuals from 7 community colleges were interviewed in 1993. Cincinnati's co-op programs were found to vary significantly in their structure. Some programs alternated 10-week periods of schooling with similar periods of work, whereas others offered schooling in the morning followed by work in the afternoon. In some colleges, administration of co-op programs was decentralized. Although the benefits of co-op programs could not be quantified, the educators and employers interviewed were virtually unanimous in their support for co-op education's benefits for students, employers, and relationships between colleges and employers. Despite the nearly unanimous support, several problems with the program were identified: problems in recruiting enough co-op placements and the substantial differences between the training opportunities offered at firms where employers viewed co-op as a way of "growing their own employees" and those at firms where employers used co-op primarily as a source of short-term, well-trained labor and kept students in a single position. (Thirty-three references are listed. Appended are the employer and education provider interview guides.) (MN) |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |