<p>Based on my experience at Northeastern, I think that kind of a list can be pretty subject to change too. If he handed you a list, it probably wouldn’t even be accurate the next semester. If somebody asked me about journalism (my major coops), I’d say that there are always people at the Globe, and I think the Patriot Ledger and a bunch of smaller newspapers, and some non-journalism related jobs at local businesses and non-profits (which I could elaborate on). I think that does give a pretty good general idea?</p>
<p>The thing with co-ops is that it’s not saying these are the majors that our school offers and your kid will graduate with one of them. Your kid has to go through the interview process and the employer has to want to hire your kid, and the employer is the one paying, so they can cut or add positions at will. Also, people can create co-ops – approach a company they’d love to work for and convince them that it would be a good idea – so the positions are not limited to whatever would be on a list like that. </p>
<p>There could be an exclusivity thing. Companies aren’t generally going to be exclusive. Maybe it’s been a problem in the past? It sounds like the way they communicated that was not very good, though. Schools really need to be more tactful dealing iwth prospective students. Also, I’m only going by my experience; I know nothing about any other school’s placement process, so it could be entirely different.</p>