Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nashwan Younis, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

of graduation  75% of Co-ops accept full-time career-related jobs with Co-op employersCooperative Education was created at The University of Cincinnati in 1906 as a new teachingmethodology in its College of Engineering. Today, hundreds of thousands of students across thecountry, studying everything from accounting to zoology, continue this growing educationalexperiment, combining traditional classroom learning with paid, major-related professionalexperiences, just like those first University of Cincinnati co-ops. Despite this long history and thegreat benefits to students, little was known about the faculty‟s reaction to cooperative education.In 2005, Contomanolis4 surveyed engineering faculty at the six largest engineering

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell P.E., Ohio Northern University; David R. Sawyers Jr., Ohio Northern University; Jed E. Marquart, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Competition, http://www.asce.org/concretecanoe/, Jan. 2012.2 Sulzbach, C., “Enhancing Engineering Education through the Concrete Canoe Competition,” in Proc. ASEEAnnual Conf. & Expo., Honolulu, 2007.3 Pinski, S., Berry, J., Barrett, S., and Leupp, D., “Competition in Senior Design Projects,” in Proc. ASEE AnnualConf. & Expo., Washington D.C., 1996.4 Wankat, P., Undergraduate Student Competitions, J. Eng. Educ., 2005, 94: pp. 343-347.5 SAE Collegiate Design Series: Baja SAE: CDS Event History,http://students.sae.org/competitions/bajasae/cdshistory.htm, Dec. 2011.6 SAE Collegiate Design Series: Baja SAE: About Baja SAE,http://students.sae.org/competitions/bajasae/about.htm, Dec. 2011.7 Mikesell, D., and Moyer, A., “From Crippled to

Conference Session

What Are We Learning About Co-op and Experiential Education Experience?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; David L. Whitman, University of Wyoming; Jerry Carl Hamann, University of Wyoming; Leslie K. Pendleton, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

leadership development. He holds the Asa S. Knowles Chair of Practice-Oriented Education at Northeastern University. A Ph.D. in policy studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo, Raelin received his formal training as an employment researcher. Since then, he has produced over 100 journal publications in the leading management and social science journals. Among his books are: Building A Career, The Clash of Cultures: Managers Managing Professionals, Work-Based Learning, and Creating Leaderful Organizations.Prof. Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Margaret B. Bailey, P.E. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at the Rochester Institute of

Conference Session

Stops and Starts in the Development of Cooperative Education Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

aforementionedfaculty are small size, seldom exceeding 35 students per class. The lecture format dominates theseen. Students listen, take notes, and are allowed to ask questions at the end of the lecture orduring office hours. There seem to be less interest (by most of the faculty interviewed) in theprocess by which the course content is delivered during the lecture period, and more of aconcern whether the rate of delivery would allow the instructor to finish the course on time. Theviews expressed by the faculty and the impression(s) arrived at by the author, leads one tobelieve that it is highly unlikely that new more effective teaching-learning strategies would bedeployed any time soon, unless drastic measures are undertaken. The author is more convincednow

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Timothy Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

opportunities, 4. Personal, professional and leadership growth opportunities, 5. Work-life balance considerations, 6. Salary& benefits, 7. Social and volunteer opportunities, 8. Climate and recreational outlets.During the period(s) of one’s internship or co-op experience, a participant is able to evaluate his/herinterest and fit within the organization for long-term employment consideration. The generallyaccepted term of employment for a recent graduate in engineering is two years prior to picking upand moving on to another company for the next two years. Through the development of a NewGraduate Development Rotational Program, and an alignment of the internship and co-op programs,Northrop Grumman Corporation