BENEFITS TO THE STUDENT
Getting a good job after college in a field in which you have specialized or majored is getting harder and harder. Employers are in the bargaining positions. With jobs at a premium, employers are demanding experience in career-related fields and getting it through cooperative education programs.
Students say that co-op gives them a rare opportunity to achieve personal
and professional growth. The benefits of co-op are many, including: 
- gain practical on-the-job experience
- develop confidence, responsibility, maturity
- learn work-life and human relations skills
- gain career focus and professional contacts
- maintain full-time student status
- test applications of academic theory
- meet and network with people working in the field
- earn money to help meet college expenses
Student Benefits
