MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FROM ALAN K. CAMPBELL

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• Publication Date: February 28, 1979
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MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Approximately 1 year ago, a valuable new staffing method was made
available for agency use. T refer to the Cooperative Education
Program for Graduate Students. These career-related work-study
programs, authorized under Executive Order 12015, provide for the
noncompetitive conversion to career or career-conditional appoint-
ments of advanced degree students who:
1. satisfy the requirements for masters' or Ph.D. degrees;
2. meet the conditions specified by the OPM; and
3. are recommended by their employing agency.
You are no doubt well aware of the high quality of education being
provided by graduate schools throughout the Nation. You are also
aware of the high caliber of students engaged in graduate study.
The cooperative education authority provides an ideal opportunity
to design a program or programs closely aligned to the missions of
your agency and to recruit top-quality prospects.
Through this first year, members of the OPM staff have worked closely
with agency coordinators in familiarizing them with the requirements
of and in establishing graduate cooperative education programs. We
have also informed graduate schools of this new opportunity. Response
from college officials has been most enthusiastic. Actual experience
to date with the programs established, although limited in numbers,
clearly demonstrates that the graduate cooperative programs are ful-
filling their objectives.
The Civil Service Reform Act states that it is the policy of the
United States to provide a competent, honest, and productive work
force reflective of the Nation's diversity and to improve the
quality of public service. The Office of Personnel Management is
dedicated to providing the staffing tools needed by agencies to
meet this objective, but their full value will not be realized
unless agencies make active use of them. I urge you to review,
with top management and personnel staff, your agency's use of this
staffing method. OPM staff in the office of Student Employment
Programs, telephone: [phone], are available to wowith your
staff in establishing programs designed yo meet yo genci's needs.
K. Cam
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