Conference Session

Workplace Concerns, Realities, and Intangibles

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

communication skill. It has, therefore, become vitallyimportant for programs in engineering to provide the necessary tools for their students toexcel in the world outside the university during their experiential learning experiences. Thisfocus along with the increased emphasis on communication excellence in the classroom hasprovided another vital link between the academic and industrial worlds. When studentsbegin their experiential learning assignments, there are many things that are flowing throughtheir minds. They consider the money that they will be earning as part of the work force.They are also entering, in most cases, an environment that is unfamiliar to them. They havenot previously been in positions that have required them to become the