A hardworking scholar by the name of Herman Schnieder changed the college experience forever with his invention. His invention of the cooperative education has a profound impact on the world as we know it today. He could not have known the impact it has today. It was instituted in 1906 by Schnieder while at the University of Cincinnati. People think students choose to go to the biggest party school but when it really comes down to it, they go by aspects such as how well the college’s co-op program is. Participating in co-op during the college experience gives students more work experience in the field they are choosing to pursue. Overall, students get a better education with a more experienced education.
Herman Schnieder was born in Summit Hill, PA in 1872. As a boy, he worked for his father in the family store. After his father died he went
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Schnieder’s invention of the co-op education enables both groups of students to find meaning in what they are studying. Schnieder gave motivation to students who are undecided in what they want to study. While they co-op they gain confidence and allows them to achieve greater energy and assurance on their studies. When cooperative education started out not many schools made it a requirement. Depending on the field of study, more schools began to mandate it and make it a requirement. Different curriculum areas have higher numbers of students co-oping in them. For example: business has a total number of 68,961 students, engineering has a total number of 38,931 students, while agriculture and natural resources only has about 3,242 total students. Since some curriculums are very competitive, it is understood why some schools would make co-op mandatory. More schools are making it a requirement as they begin to realize the impact it