Harry, My former wife went to Northeastern University. She was told when she entered she would be able to pay for her education with her co-op work. When she started her second year (and the co-op portion) she was told the co-op work would never cover her expenses it was for "work experience." >Ah, Sharon, you've caught me out! I was forgetting about co-op programs. >You're right, in the sense that they help to give people markeatble >experience. However, the tradeoff is that there tends to be less academic >content in the overall program. Sometimes (computer science, for example) >this is probably a good thing; in other cases, it may not be. I am afraid I >have no personal experience in co-op programs and should probably keep my >mouth shut. However, co-op programs DO have one very useful advantage - that >of showcasing participants to potential employers and, given the current job >market and the difficulties new graduates face in finding jobs, that can be >one HELL of an advantage. > END end ************************************************** Douglas W. St.Clair Tir Na Nog 400 Burton Highway Wilton. NH 03086-5022 PH: 603-654-9321 FAX: 603-654-5440 EMAIL: [log in to unmask] **************************************************