Abstract
South Australian private and public sector organizations directly influence the quality and quantity of graduates through ownership of a unique cooperative education undergraduate course in business information systems. Sponsors meet monthly to set objectives and oversee management of the programme within the University framework. Academics work with sponsors to deliver educational objectives and to strengthen links with industry. The outcomes have been students' success in attaining high levels of academic performance; graduates' success in securing appropriate career positions; and employers' satisfaction with graduate employee's productivity and rapid assimilation into industry. These measurements of success vindicate an early decision to make industry the ‘owners' of the programme.
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