Q: Twenty years ago, my university's undergraduate engineering program had co-op internship relationships with many local engineering firms. Students who enrolled in the degree program worked full time for 12 months, spread over the last 2 1/2 years of the program. Their wages were based on how far along they were in their degrees, and they were good wages. They also had good shots at full-time jobs with those employers upon graduation.

The university's internship program gave students ...

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