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Academic Outcomes of Cooperative Education Participation

Conference Session
Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Cooperative & Experiential Education
,although they will take longer to graduate. The implications of this study can be used byadministrators and educators to understand differences in how co-op affects diverse studentpopulations, especially those from underrepresented groups. The research will also inform co-opprogram policy making.IntroductionSince the creation of the first cooperative (co-op) education program at the University ofCincinnati in 1906, programs have been affording students the opportunity to gain industryexperience before graduation. That program that would serve as one of the most widely acceptedinnovative teaching and instruction techniques in engineering education 1 2. Co-op programs arepartnerships between academia and industry employers who hire students for
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Increasing Student and Faculty Participation and Student Learning in an Undergraduate STEM Summer Research Program in a Government Institution through a Higher Education Partnership

Conference Session
Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Augsburg College; Sean Joseph Creighton, SOCHE; Maggie Varga, SOCHE; Richard Martin, The Air Force Institute of Technology; Derrick Langley, Air Force Institute of Technology; Diana Lynn Cahill, SOCHE
Tagged Divisions
Cooperative & Experiential Education
higher education in the region.Background and overview of prior workOver 40 students participate annually and perform research in all six engineering departments atthe AFIT Graduate School of Engineering and Management. First, starting in summer 2012, aformal assessment tool is now distributed to students to measure the impact of the researchexperience. Second, starting in summer 2013, students are now provided with four careerbroadening programs that are informed by student survey results in 2012. These programs aremade possible through a partnership among AFIT, the LEADER (Launching Equity in theAcademy across the Dayton Entrepreneurial Region) Consortium, and the Southwestern OhioConsortium for Higher Education (SOCHE). The partnership
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What is Global Preparedness? Arriving at Answers in Collaboration with Student Engineers Working with Underserved Communities Globally

Conference Session
Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Bhavna Hariharan, Stanford University; Sneha Ayyagari, Stanford University; Jonathan Edward Pang, Stanford University; Paul Dwight Watkins II, Stanford University; Aravind Arun, Stanford University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Cooperative & Experiential Education
among underprivileged com- munities.Aravind Arun, Stanford University Aravind Arun is a graduate student at Stanford University, currently working to complete a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He participated in the GEE program in Spring of his senior year as a Stanford undergraduate student. Page 26.1724.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 What is global preparedness? Arriving at answers in collaboration with student engineers working with underserved communities globallyAbstractStudents have demonstrated increasing demand to use their
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