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The Center for Community-Based
Learning was established to address community needs
and advance the civic and professional development of students.
Growing from the resources and partnerships established by the Cooperative
Education and Service Learning programs, the Center envisions an
engaged campus where learning and research are grounded in human
needs and experience.
The Center serves as a catalyst for community engagement, providing experiential education programs, facilitating interdisciplinary projects, highlighting campus-community achievements and encouraging institutional change to support the scholarship of engagement. The Center provides web-based resources, campus workshops and training materials.
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Center
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Cooperative
Education is a university-wide work-based
learning program. Partnerships with businesses and non-profit organizations
are created to assist students in exploring how classroom learning
applies to work-place practices. Since its inception, more than
700 businesses and non profit organizations have partnered with
MSU to advance the education of 14,000 MSU alumni.
Both full and part-time, paid and stipend co-op and internship positions are available to students. These positions meet co-op work-learning criteria and are arranged for a minimum of one semester. Screening criteria for the positions are determined by the employer and students meeting these criteria are referred for interviews using a web-based interface giving our students and employers 24/7 access. Hiring decisions are made solely by the employer. Interested students must apply at least one semester prior to enrollment in an academic course especially designed to foster reflective thinking and learning from experience.
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Cooperative
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The Community Outreach Partnership
Center (COPC) (pronounced "COP-SEE")
serves as a mechanism for innovative collaboration between the
Montclair State University campus, residents, leaders and community
organizations of the Pine Street and Glenfield Park neighborhoods
of Montclair, NJ. Bridging the classroom to the community, faculty
and students work closely with COPC organizational partners
to design and execute applied research projects, provide technical
assistance and facilitate information exchange. COPC projects
and activities address issues related to community organizing
, housing, and urban education.
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Community
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