Describes Goucher College's plans to expand its overseas internship program. Following a brief overview of Goucher's program, this article presents questions and answers from interviews with employers concerning how they feel about internships and job opportunities abroad. (NB)

The 10th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2017) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Optics Velley Kingdom Plaza Hotel, Wuhan, Hubei Province, in China. This years conference features two invited talks by: Dr. Jie Tang, Associate Professor with the Department of Computer…

Internships, a valuable part of mass communication education, require hard work, cooperation, communication, realistic and clear expectations, instruction, and patience from students, faculty supervisor, and employer. The faculty internship director is the middleman in this undertaking, which requires considerable work and time. Problems in…

Students at the Ohio University School of Journalism learned to gain practical experience in assuming responsibilities of the director of development in an independent secondary school. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this handbook is to provide information on opportunities for college students to work in state and local agencies in Massachusetts. The internship programs included are those that: (1) are open to students of virtually any accredited college or university in the State, as well as legal residents attending out of state institutions;…

This paper discusses how the Career Services Office at Allegheny College has shifted its emphasis over the last five years to programming related to internships. Although the office has not stopped providing the career counseling, resume critiques and on-campus interview schedules that are traditionally provided by career services offices, all new…

Discusses corporate internship programs as a means for corporations and college students to get acquainted prior to the hiring process. Provides information on INROADS, which places minority youth in business and industry. Lists 19 corporate internship programs, including number of interns, participating departments, and how to apply. (SV)

Describes an undergraduate clinical internship in a Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) doctoral program designed to help introduce undergraduates to the profession of family therapy. Coordinators feel that the most enjoyable part for the students and the most influential towards recruiting future MFT graduate students is the field study placement…

Public service internships not only provide a means for college students to help government get its job done, they also teach the student a good deal about the real world of urban affairs. This report covers the Urban Corps approach to providing a college student internship program in local government. Such a program is based on 3 principles: (1)…

This report represents the work of a student or students in the New England Board of Higher Education's (NEBHE) Student Internship in Economic Development (SIED) program. The objective of this program is to relate the resources of institutions of higher education to economic development organizations in such a way as to: (1) assist economic…

This paper is the result of a limited analysis of the WICHE internship program directed by the Urban Studies Center at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. The methodology used for analyzing the internship program was carried out primarily through the use of 2 questionnaires. One was used for the interns and the other for…

The purpose of the Atlanta Student Manpower Project was to coordinate and report on a variety of efforts that utilized student manpower for community service to effectuate a large scale service-learning program. The major components of the project were: (1) the development and experience of the Atlanta Urban Corps through which 300 students…

Selecting an undergraduate human-services internship can appear straightforward, depending on availability, interests, and recommendations. Students can become enthralled with the prospect, however, and overlook the intricacies and ramifications of their decision. This article identifies preplacement issues to be considered by students to avoid…

Evaluates the effectiveness of the three components of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Minority Undergraduate Fellows Program--campus-based experience, Summer Leadership Institute, and Summer Internship. Participants in the study included all mentors and fellows involved with the program since its beginning, with the…