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An Education Program That Makes a lot of Sense!

One problem that I’ve had with the current higher education system is that it doesn’t offer a lot of (if any) real world experience while you’re going through getting an ‘education.’ I always had this thought of some kid going through college working at some fast food joint, but then when he gets out of college he has no real work experience to draw on when applying for jobs. Not a good picture!

Well I just recently heard about a much better idea - co-op education! The idea is that you work for a couple of months in a company related to what you’re studying, then you go back to school for 3 months and so forth. So you learn the stuff in school, then go apply it in the real world immediately. This is great!

Right now number one ranked university with co-op programs is Kettering University. They offer a lot of programs such as engineering co-op programs for students studying industrial engineering, and many other programs as well. In fact, US News and World Report has ranked Kettering University as “the #1 University in the nation for Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering” in its annual “America’s Best Colleges Guide for 2008″. This is definitely worth checking out if you’re thinking of going back to school or have kids getting ready for college.