Both students and employers found it to be so beneficial that by 1908, 2, 000 applicants inquired about the co-op program at UC.

FORBES: College Co-Op Pioneer Is Still Leading The Charge After 100 Years

She chose to study electrical engineering at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in Flint, Mich. because the paid co-op program helped finance her education.

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Joy Marshall, who operates a conference planning business from Arthur and also runs an entrepreneurship program for the University of Nebraska helped get the co-op started because she worried the loss of the grocery store could mean the beginning of the end for the town.

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