Categories for WIL Impact

Founding Institutions of Cooperative Education

November 28, 2022 8:09 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

CEIA Celebrates 60 Years: The Founders of Cooperative Education In 1906, Dean Herman Schneider from the University of Cincinnati founded cooperative education. Schneider concluded that the traditional classroom was insufficient for technical students.  His plan was soon followed by other Universities, which expanded the idea of Cooperative Education to other disciplines, such as business and... Read More »


Work and Learn Programs Demonstrate Long-Lasting Effects

November 25, 2018 7:26 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

By: John H. Pryor, Pryor Education Insights, LLC (September 28, 2018) (CEIA members participated in a research study conducted by John H. Pryor for the ACT’s Center for Equity in Learning. His study has been released and the findings are mentioned below.) SOURCE: https://www.pryoreducationinsights.com/blog/2018/9/28/work-and-learn-programs-demonstrate-long-lasting-effects Evidence has been mounting to show the positive outcomes for college... Read More »


A Case Study on the Impact of WIL in Transforming an Organization

December 5, 2017 3:08 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

By: ROSS JOHNSTON    In the fall 2017 term, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton hired nearly 60 co-op students from across Canada to help launch a new digital infrastructure for patient care at the hospital. The cutting-edge, digital movement will transform patient care make St. Joe’s a fully electronic hospital, one of only eight in Canada... Read More »