sandwich year - does a sandwich year lose money for universities?

Sandwich year programs allow students to get a year of practical work expericee before they graduate

I had a fascinating conversation today with a person at the University. Maybe the sandwich year is not so good for the university because the university loses a year's worth of tuition.

Maybe this is one reason the sandwich year concept is best  driven by business, not the university. A sandwich year is all gain for business.

The university is not losing tuition. It is in fact getting tuition deferred and then the other benefits of a sandwich year to the university will surface.

What I hope would happen is that Universities will accept that work experience is good for students and support the sandwich year.

Here are 3 money making  ideas for universities:

1. Make the sandwich year a for-credit course and charge tuition and the employer and professor could determine a grade for the sandwich year.
2. Support sandwich years if the student also takes an evening course for credit.
3. Support the sandwich year from businesses where the business enrolls several of its own employees in evening courses at the University.