The Liberal Arts Career Internship Program is envisioned as an incentive for liberal arts students to initiate early career planning and as a cooperative education experience. The objective is to help students make initial career decisions such that the placement process will focus the job search in appropriate career areas. (Author/BEF)

A variety of internship programs in college advancement offices around the country illustrate the range of possibilities for field training and recruitment of minorities. Programs target working professionals, college students, and recent graduates. Ten factors felt to be significant to program success are outlined. (MSE)

Outlines a four-stage developmental process (exhilaration, rejection, integration, and transformation) through which college students learn to apply experiential education theories to their practices as staff interns in an adventure education program for children. Discusses implications for intern supervision and the design of internship programs.…

The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2016) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, in the USA. The conference, held June 29-July 2, 2016, follows the eight previous editions (Madrid 2015, London 2014, Memphis…

Noting that there have been few papers or workshops which focus on designing/supervising independent study projects or internship programs, this short course explores the potential variety of independent study projects available in interpersonal and small group communication, rhetoric and communication theory, and organizational communication. The…

Four separate sections comprise this directory: a descriptive list of financial aid programs designed primarily or exclusively for the disabled and their families; a list of state sources of benefits; an annotated bibliography of directories listing general financial aid programs; and a set of five indexes (program title, sponsoring organization,…

The importance of evaluating student interns as part of a regular performance appraisal system for all employees is discussed, along with the role of the internship coordinator or faculty sponsor. The first step is deciding what should be measured: interns' personal characteristics, job performance, and results. The most useful form of performance…

The Early Bird Internship Program in Teacher Education at Union University was developed to give the sophomore student a general field orientation to the whole school program prior to the senior student teaching program. In partial fulfillment of the requirements for a beginning course for all prospective teachers taken near the end of the…

The United Scholarship Service, Inc., a private non-profit organization, provides funds and programs for American Indians and Mexican American youth at the secondary and college level. This annual report includes a brief history of the organization, followed by a description of activities which the organization engaged in during 1969: (1) the…

This paper describes how Northeastern Illinois University employs undergraduate and graduate students as America Reads Tutors to work in the Chicago Public Schools. The paper begins with an overview of the governmental legislation, followed by a description of how the university is meeting the challenge of assisting elementary students to improve…

This directory describes more than 1,500 financial aid sources available to African American college students. An introduction explains the purpose, compilation, arrangement, and use of the directory. The directory's main body is divided into three sections: individual descriptions of the specific financial aid opportunities, an annotated…

To provide health education majors with high quality internships, a study was done to evaluate the internship experience in community health education. Results indicate that economic factors, such as the cost to the student, inhibit high-quality fieldwork experiences. Alternative methods of enriching the curriculum need to be developed in light of…

Describes highly structured internship experience for paraprofessional psychology trainees who serve as therapeutic aides and peer counselors to eating disorder clients at university counseling center. Notes that program emphasizes intern training, close supervision, and professional-paraprofessional cotreatment of anorexic and bulimic clients.…

Describes the Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars Program, a 10-week internship program for junior and senior undergraduates and first-year graduate students who are pursuing degrees in engineering or science. The program enables participants to conduct research under the supervision of NASA scientists and engineers. Profiles American…

Developed and validated Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity Inventory with trainees and supervisors in practicum, internship, and postinternship settings. Role difficulties were predictive of more work-related anxiety, general work dissatisfaction, and dissatisfaction with supervision. Beginning trainees reported more role ambiguity than experienced…