Cooperative education

Cooperative education, often called co-op education, is a structured educational strategy that integrates classroom-based academic study with periods of paid, career-related work experience in industry, so that students alternate or combine formal coursework with practical, supervised employment relevant to their field of study. It is most closely associated with programs at universities such as the University of Cincinnati, where the model originated in the early twentieth century, and with vocational and technical secondary education more broadly. The approach aims to give students real workplace skills and professional networks alongside their academic credentials, and to help them test career interests before graduation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/