Conference Session

Curriculum Reform with Cooperative Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Jon Whited, St. Jude Medical; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Conference Session

Collaboration Provides the Best Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Koehler, North Carolina State University; Susan Matney, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Mary Clare Robbins, North Carolina State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

mentors enhance their professional development as role models,share undergraduate experiences, and participate in a career-building experience. This paperdescribes the design and second year implementation of the MENTOR program includinglessons-learned and future plans for the retention of engineering students at a large, diverse,research extensive university.Background 1MENTOR (Motivating ENgineers Through Organized Relationships) is a ground breakingprogram in terms of its size and scope, whose aim is to increase student success in engineeringthrough early connections to a positive peer network.1 In order to understand the strengths,weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges of a program of this magnitude, we benchmarked ourplans with peer

Conference Session

Collaboration Provides the Best Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Anita Todd, University of Cincinnati

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

. Page 12.1124.4Table I Alternating Co-op Schedule Section 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 Section 1 2 3 4 5 6 1

Conference Session

Cooperative Education Addresses ABET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Stwalley, Purdue University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

technical literature from Cincinnati and Iowa State andidentified the best practices from each. The Purdue College of Engineering had recently been through a strategic processthat identified the competencies that it wished to incorporate into the Purdue Engineer ofthe Future 4. Many of these attributes are the same as the Cincinnati categories and theIowa State competencies. Some values were identified from the NAE 3 Engineer of 2020publication, and additionally, some distinct items were suggested by Purdue’s industrialpartners. This resulted in a set of 24 competencies in three distinct groupings ofAbilities, Knowledges, and Traits. Table 1 identifies the Purdue sets of competencies,and the Purdue mapping of these competencies into the ABET

Conference Session

Curriculum Reform with Cooperative Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan Dansberry, University of Cincinnati

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Conference Session

Cooperative Education Addresses ABET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Mathews, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

self-evaluation questions for a-k on the EBI survey so that these results couldbe directly compared. The resulting survey questions and possible responses are covered in thefollowing section.Survey Instrument Page 12.1540.3Figure 1 shows the list of questions that employers are asked to answer when entering theirassessment. We have kept this survey separate from the one where the individual student’sperformance is assessed. We assure the employers that this particular survey is assessing theengineering program and not the student. We do not tie these assessments to a particularemployee or student in the program and make sure that the employer

Conference Session

Cooperative Education Addresses ABET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess Godbey, Jacksonville State University; Terry Marbut, Jacksonville State University; Dale Broyles, Jacksonville State University & Honda MFG of AL

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

partnership is in cooperative education.Cooperative education is an excellent method of enhancing student learning by providing realworld experience. The need for better integration of theory and practice, particularly inengineering and technology, has been an issue in education since the first cooperative educationprogram was established in 1906 [1]. The value of cooperative education is well documented. Arecent survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers reported that29% of interns were “converted” to full-time employees and 55% of new employees hired bymanufacturers have coop-type experience [2]. A 2004 survey of college graduates conducted byMonster TRAK indicated that 74% thought relevant work experience was the most

Conference Session

Curriculum Reform with Cooperative Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Kettil Cedercreutz, University of Cincinnati

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

onbuilding feedback structures that keep schools abreast with a rapidly-changingenvironment through the use of co-op work performance data for continuouscurriculum improvement. The budget of this FIPSE project is presented in table1.Table 1. Project Budget Year FIPSE UC Total 04/05 $253,356 [81%] $59,132 [19%] $312,488 05/06 $178,175 [54%] $154,418 [46%] $332,593 06/07 $123,602 [37%] $207,846 [64%] $331,448 Total: $555,133 [57%] $421,396 [43%] $976,529Examination of the LiteratureContinuous improvement and total quality management has been used in businessand industry