A Study to Determine the Effect of the Increasing Minimum Wage on the Placement and Retention of Cooperative Education Students in the City of Portsmouth

The primary purpose of this study was to determine: 1. the effect of the increasing minimum wage on the placement of cooperative education students; 2. whether the increase would result in reduced retention of the regular number of cooperative education students employed; 3. whether any on cooperative education program was affected more than the others with regard to the increase in the minimum wage