Northeastern University’s workforce training could be a roadmap for improving internships

Northeastern University in Boston has one of the most extensive cooperative education programs in the country, letting students split their time between classes and short-term, work assignments. Instead of squeezing internships into their schedules, students alternate semesters of academic study with semesters of full-time employment. Other schools, including Drexel University, the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Georgia Institute of Technology, have similar programs, but the co-op model has been a hallmark of Northeastern for decades.