Drexel co-ops face their greatest challenge: Finding work for students during coronavirus

As the country was emerging from World War I a century ago, the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry created a cooperative education program to support the workforce. It began with 152 engineering students, and was just the third of its kind in the United States. Since then, the program, which places students at what is now Drexel University in paid six-month work experiences, has …