Cooperative Education and Internship Participation Spring 2016
Prepared by: Amanda Long Assistant Director of Experiential Education 2/15/2016
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
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Trending Data for Spring Internship/Co-op Participation (2013 – 2016)
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Spring 2016 Internship and Co-op Enrollment by College
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Spring Internship and Co-op Enrollment by Major (2014 – 2016)
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Spring Co-op Enrollment by Major (2014 – 2016)
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Spring Internship Enrollment by Major (2014 – 2016)
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Report Information
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Executive Summary Career Services strives to maintain accurate data and reporting on internship and co-op participation throughout the academic year. Reporting is captured at multiple intervals, including after each registration period (in enrollment reports like this) and at the completion of each academic year to provide a summary of participation throughout the university and a summary of internship and co-op enrollment for each participating academic department. We are proud to process the majority of students participating in internships and co-ops as part of an academic course. This Spring 2016 semester saw the highest percentage of students in recent years coming directly through the Career Services Center (at 77.3% of the total enrollment). This is also the first semester in recent history to see internship and co-op enrollment increases from the previous year in each of the participating colleges. As Career Services continues to navigate the consolidation of Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University, we also hope to gather more historical data related to the traditional (alternating) co-op program which was an integral part of Career Services at Southern Polytechnic. This program carries a strong legacy of participation from the technical, engineering, and science-based majors currently housed on the Marietta campus. This is also the only program identified in this report to include majors from multiple colleges. Recognizing that the terms “internship” and “co-op” may carry different meanings throughout the university, Career Services has endeavored to define these terms for the purpose of this report. These definitions, along with explanations of our data collection and reporting processes, can be found in the “Report Information” section at the end of this report. With the continued support of university faculty, staff, and administrators, Career Services looks forward to continuing to build a robust internship and co-op program which supports the professional endeavors of Kennesaw State University students.
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Trending Data for Spring Internship/Co-op Participation (2013 – 2016)
Spring Internship/Co-op Course Enrollment 1200 1000 992
982
984
SPRING 2014
SPRING 2015
SPRING 2016
800 726
600 400 200 0
SPRING 2013
For the Spring 2016 semester, 984 students enrolled in an internship or co-op related academic course as part of their participation in an internship or co-op experience. Since 2014, Spring internship/co-op enrollment has plateaued with relatively stable numbers. These enrollment numbers include both students processed through Career Services and those considered outliers.
Processed by Career Services and Total Enrollment 761
SPRING 2016
984 713
SPRING 2015
982 742
SPRING 2014
992 557
SPRING 2013
726
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
The number of internship and co-op students processed through Career Services has slightly increased during this period, with Career Services processing 77.3% of all Spring 2016 internship and co-op course enrollments.
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Spring 2016 Internship and Co-op Enrollment by College College of Science and Mathematics 2%
College of Humanities and Social Sciences 30%
Percentage by College
Other 12%
College of the Arts 3% College of Business 35%
College of Health and Human Services 17% College of Computing & Software Engineering 1%
College
2015 Enrollment
2016 Enrollment
Percentage Change
College of the Arts
17
20
+17.6%
Coles College of Business
255
263
+3.1 %
College of Computing & Software Engineering Wellstar College of Health & Human Services College of Humanities & Social Sciences
6
7
+16.7%
128
133
+3.9%
226
229
+1.3%
College of Science & Mathematics
12
19
+58.3%
Other* (Marietta Campus Co-ops)
68
90
+32.4%
The Coles College of Business continues to have the highest number of internship/co-op enrollments, making up 35% of the total enrollment. This semester, each college individually saw an increase in student internship/co-op enrollment. *The “Other� category designates students enrolled in the CO-OP 2000 course, which consists of students from multiple academic programs spanning multiple colleges on the Marietta campus.
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Spring Internship and Co-op Enrollment by Major College of the Arts Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
12 6
4
6 2
1 Art
3
8
1
1
Art History
Dance
1
3
1
Music
3
4
Theatre & Performance
College of Science and Mathematics Spring 2014
Spring 2016
8
7 5
Spring 2015
5
6 2 0
Biology
Chemistry
3
3
1
1
4 2
1
Mathematics Statistics (UG) Statistics (GR)
College of Computing & Software Engineering Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
6 3
3
Computer Science (UG)
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1
3
3
4
Computer Science (GR)
Spring Internship and Co-op Enrollment by Major Coles College of Business Spring 2014 83
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
90 71 67 64
61 44
33 31 7 6
6 5 4 Accounting Economics
Finance
54 40
15
12 6 13
46
3 1 0
Information Information Information Management Marketing Security Systems Systems (UG) (GR)
College of Health & Human Services Spring 2014
Spring 2015
82
33
17
Spring 2016
98 80 32
20
Exercise Science
Human Services
31
15
Sport Management
College of Humanities and Social Sciences Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
59 5451 53 46 44
220
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1110 6
56 4445
347
101
7 11
5
4 21
764
00
8
9 1211
191622 1823 3
Spring Co-op Enrollment by Major* College of Science and Mathematics Spring 2014
Spring 2015
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Spring 2016
Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
2
19 20
1
1
0 0
0 0
0 0 0
15
0
0
0 0 0
11
10 6
2 Criminal Justice
3
1
Political Science
Sociology
Coles College of Business Spring 2014
19
14
17
13
5 3 2 Accounting Economics
8
Spring 2015
Spring 2016 34
31
36 20
14 3 3
Finance
7
6
1 2
25 27
1 1 0
Information Information Information Management Marketing Security Systems Systems (UG) (GR)
Marietta Campus Spring 2016 Co-op Enrollment (by major) 29 22 13 7 1
5
1
3
5
1
*Colleges and majors not included on this page do not typically offer a co-op option.
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2
1
Spring Internship Enrollment by Major College of the Arts Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
12 6
4
6 2
1 Art
3
8
1
1
Art History
Dance
1
3
1
Music
3
4
Theatre & Performance
College of Science and Mathematics Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
8
7 5
5
3
2 0
Biology
Chemistry
4
3 1
2
1
2
1
Mathematics Statistics (UG) Statistics (GR)
College of Computing & Software Engineering Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
6 3
3
Computer Science (UG)
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1
3
3
4
Computer Science (GR)
Spring Internship Enrollment by Major* Coles College of Business Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
69 73
42 31
37 36 25
17
9
4 3
1 2 2 Accounting Economics
Finance
5 5
11
28
20
29
19
2 0 0
Information Information Information Management Marketing Security Systems Systems (UG) (GR)
College of Health & Human Services Spring 2014
Spring 2015 98
82 33
17
Spring 2016
80 32
20
Exercise Science
Human Services
31
15
Sport Management
College of Humanities and Social Sciences Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
53 48 4446 4445
1110 220
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6
7 34
101
7
11
5
4 21
764
8 00
7
1111
36 2926
191619 343
Report Information Definitions In this report, internships and cooperative education experiences (co-ops) are identified using the below definitions.
Co-op – an academically relevant, hands-on experience in which a student completes multiples semesters of work in a major-related position with an employer in the student’s chosen field. Co-ops are typically paid positions and are open to sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate level students. Internship – an academically relevant, hands-on experience in which a student completes a single semester of work in a major-related position with an employer in the student’s chosen field. Internships may be paid or unpaid positions and are open to juniors, seniors, and graduate level students.
Data Collection Each semester, the Career Services Center collects data related to student participation in internships and co-ops as part of an academic course. Career Services verifies participation by comparing the data collected directly from students at the time of registration with records in the Banner Student Information System. Due to limitations on data collection, only students who complete internships and co-ops as part of an academic course are included in the data within this report. The report does not include:
Data on students completing internships and co-ops during the identified semester who are not registered for an associated academic course. The courses that are counted towards the registration numbers for this report must be specifically identified as an internship, cooperative study, or similar course or must contain specific mention of one of these two experiences within the course description). Data on students completing another type of experiential education (such as a practicum, field experience, clinical, etc.) that is not identified as either an internship or co-op in the course title or description.
Registration and Processing For the purpose of this report, Career Services makes a distinction between internship and co-op students who are processed directly through the Career Services Center and those processed externally by their respective academic departments (identified in the report as “outliers”). Students are considered to be “processed through Career Services” if at least one of the following has occurred:
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The student has completed and submitted an approved application through a Career Services process (such as our Experiential Education Online Application System or our OwlLink Career Management System) A Career Services staff member has been directly involved in the review and/or approval of the student for internship or co-op course credit A faculty member has submitted documentation of approved internship and co-op students to Career Services for data collection and record keeping. Documentation should include specific details of the student’s internship or co-op experience (i.e., internship/co-op site and supervisor information, hours of work per week, pay rate, etc.).
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