Work Experience Education
Work Experience Education (WEE) provides College of the Desert students with an integrated instructional program that provides opportunities to apply classroom theory into applied experiential learning. WEE is integrated in educational pathways to allow students to achieve both educational and occupational goals. WEE involves jobs, internships, volunteer activities, fellowships, federal work study, and apprenticeships to provide meaningful work experiences related to the course of study, or specific career pathway training, combined with instruction in critical 21st century employability skills. Work experience education may include paid or unpaid employment, full or part-time employment, as