Conference Links CED General Information Cooperative Education Is... An educational program that prepares students for professional careers by combining academic training with practical work experience in industry, business, and government services. CO-OP students typically alternate periods of full-time work with periods of full-time, on-campus study.

What We're All About... We want to promote Cooperative Education Programs (Co-op) in Engineering and Engineering Technology to businesses, industries and government across the United States and beyond.

General Goals of CED Are to... Foster better understanding of cooperative education; Improve Co-op services to students, educators, and employers; Develop closer relationships between colleges and participating employers that use engineering majors; Discuss issues of interest within the scope of cooperative education.

What CED has to Offer...

  • ASEE Conference held in June College/Industry/Education Conference held in late January/early February
  • ACCESS to industry, business, and government services information
  • INFORMATION on ABET criteria and on Co-op activities in CED publications
  • STATISTICS on Co-op students and the Co-op program
  • SUBSCRIPTION to CED Newsbriefs and ASEE Prism
  • DIRECTORY of Engineering Cooperative Education Programs

A Historical Look at Cooperative Education Division...

  • 1926 Founded as Association of Cooperative Colleges
  • 1928 Revised as Standing Committee on Engineering Education
  • 1930 Renamed as Division on Cooperative Engineering Education
  • 1941 Cooperative Education Division in its present role

 

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