- Conference Session
- College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1
- Collection
- 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
- Authors
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Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Marina Bograd, MassBay Community College; Chitra Javdekar, Mass Bay Community College
- Tagged Topics
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Diversity
- Tagged Divisions
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College Industry Partnerships
results from the combination of grasping and transforming experience” (Kolb 1984, p. 41). Kolb’s experiential learning theory describes how students absorb and use information and is commonly shown in a four stage cycle ‐ concrete experience, observation of and reflection on that experience, formation of abstract concepts based upon the reflection, and testing the new concepts.1 A number of studies have shown the benefits of experiential learning and various models of integrating the concepts in the college curriculum. 2 A common way of providing experiential learning to college students are internship and co‐op experiences. In Liberal Education and America’s Promise [LEAP] report, developed by the American Association of Colleges and