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Subject: Re: CS education
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Date: 18 Nov 89 21:05:33 GMT
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In article <7093@hubcap.clemson.edu> billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu writes:
>From dar@nucleus.UUCP (Dario Alcocer):
>> Relating to this, what do you think of the cooperative education system in
>> place at the University of Waterloo?
>
>   The cooperative education movement is gaining strength here in the
>   US, but obviously Canada, at least at Waterloo, is far ahead in that
>   area.
>
>   Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu

With all due respect (and I do respect the folks at Waterloo a lot!),
cooperative education was begun by the University of Cincinnati in
the early part of this century (1912 I believe).  It's been an integral
part of the RIT educational experience since 1914.  When our undergraduate
computer science program was started in 1972, one year of cooperative
education was made a graduation requirement, and it remains so to this
day.

Of course, those of us in the co-op biz know that industrial support is
essential ingredient to our success (gentle hint).

Mike Lutz
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