合作教育

十大彩票网投平台 职业发展 welcomes opportunities to partner with companies and organizations through our 合作教育 (合作社) and Internship 程序.  我们的合作 & Internship 程序 offers multiple work plans to accommodate 我们雇主合作伙伴的需求.  

合作教育 and Internship 程序 - Alternating 合作社

合作教育 is a formal 程序 integrating multiple terms of work and academics. 学生 work in paid, professional assignments directly related to their major.  学生 on the alternating 合作社 plan rotate semesters of full-time work with semesters of 全日制学校. The alternating option is highly recommended for students in engineering 以及其他技术领域.  

For 程序 eligibility, students must meet specific criteria including, being classified as a full-time student upon participation in the 程序, the completion of 24 credit hours, and maintaining an overall institutional GPA of 2.3或更高，视情况而定 由学生所在的学术部门负责.  Prior to students being approved for the alternating plan, a work/school schedule must be reviewed and approved by the student's academic 顾问兼系主任.  The work/school schedule should be approved prior to the employer making an offer of employment.  

Employers can benefit greatly from the 合作社 程序. 下面的列表包含 some of the employer benefits for participating in 合作教育:

• 更低的劳动力成本. Fringe benefits can account for 25 to 35 percent of payroll costs. 这些可以最小化 by utilizing co-op students where appropriate.
• 更低的招聘成本. 合作社 is an excellent means of pre-screening for career employment. 学生们 known quantities since they have already shown what they can do for the company.
• 提高留存率. 合作社 students have more realistic job expectations and tend to remain longer with an employer when 聘请了 for career employment after graduation.
• 提高工作绩效. The knowledge gained by co-op students allows them to begin at a higher level of performance, if 聘请了 for career employment after graduation.
• Fosters effective relationships with colleges and universities. Support from the academic community contributes to a company's research and development 努力. In addition, such a relationship enhances the corporate reputation in the 社区和促进善意.
• Enables the employer to influence the curriculum. Employers act as a partner in curriculum development and help mold courses to meet 它的特殊需求.
• 学生们 an excellent source for temporary staffing. 合作社 students are capable of efficiently and effectively meeting short-term, temporary 或者季节性就业需求.
• Provides employers with a supply of students from which permanent personnel can be 聘请了. This further reduces recruitment and hiring costs. 它还降低了培训成本 新的，未知的人员.

Source: "Factors Which Influence Employers to Participate in 合作教育 程序”，大卫C. 博林格

请 联系 USA 职业发展 at (251) 460-6188 for more information regarding the 合作社 程序.