The Internship Experience: Linking the University to the Workplace.

Autor/inn/en	Allen, Ann; Kielbaso, Gloria; Dirkx, John M.
Institution	Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Michigan Center for Career and Technical Education.
Titel	The Internship Experience: Linking the University to the Workplace.
Quelle	(1999), (20 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Access to Education; Change Strategies; Cooperative Education; Coordination; Data Collection; Databases; Delivery Systems; Education Work Relationship; Educational Change; Educational Opportunities; Enrollment; Experiential Learning; Higher Education; Information Dissemination; Information Needs; Information Networks; Internship Programs; Needs Assessment; On the Job Training; Program Design; Program Implementation; Public Schools; School Business Relationship; State Programs; State Surveys; Statewide Planning; Student Placement; Systems Approach; Universities; Work Experience Programs; World Wide Web; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Lösungsstrategie; Kooperativer Unterricht; Koordination; Data capture; Datensammlung; Datenbank; Auslieferung; Bildungsreform; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Einschulung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Informationsverbreitung; Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Informationsnetz; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Bedarfsermittlung; Training-on-the-Job; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Regierungsprogramm; Planwirtschaft; Schülerpraktikum; Systemischer Ansatz; University; Universität; World Wibe Web
Abstract	The internships and cooperative education experiences offered at Michigan's 15 public universities were examined. The study focused on the following items: the organization of internships and cooperative education experiences on university campuses; ways employers and students access such work-based learning opportunities; the numbers of students who engage in these experiences; and the issues that employers, students, and university personnel face in filling work-based learning positions. Four broad categories of organizational patterns for providing work-based education experiences at the universities were identified: (1) centralized for both internships and cooperative education; (2) centralized for cooperative education only; (3) partially centralized; and (4) decentralized. According to estimates from university personnel, 30%-60% of university students participate in some kind of work-based learning experience during their college career. The following were among the study recommendations for improving coordination and communication of internships and cooperative education within Michigan's university system: (1) develop centralized databases at individual universities to provide the information needed to monitor program development; (2) place work-based learning coordinators across university campuses to meet the needs of individual departments while maintaining a better network for communication and coordination; and (3) develop a statewide network to facilitate coordination of work-based learning experiences among employers, students, and university personnel. (Contains 11 references.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	Michigan State University, Michigan Center for Career and Technical Education, Attn: Jan Witwer, 230 Erickson, East Lansing, MI 48824 (Catalog no. RR-2: $5). Fax: 517-432-2931; Web site: http://www.mccte.msu.edu/.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC