ERIC Number: ED623387
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jul
Pages: 24
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Technology Internships Prove Flexible, Resilient, and Critical during COVID: One Community College's Pivot to Opportunities during the Pandemic
Joy, Lois; O'Reilly, Fran; Longo, Matthew; Estacion, Angela
Jobs for the Future
This research is about how one community college preserved and strengthened their technology internships during COVID with commitment and creativity. Although the college, employers, and students faced technical, logistical, and supervisory challenges in maintaining technology internships through the pandemic, the college was committed to ensuring their resilience because they were required for graduation. As a result, many interns had opportunities to gain new skills related to navigating virtual work arrangements. In addition, employers drew on interns to fill staffing shortages and internships continued to serve as a key bridge to technology employment during the pandemic. [For the Executive Summary, see ED623386.]
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Internship Programs, COVID-19, Pandemics, Barriers, Program Effectiveness, Two Year College Students, Employers, Job Skills, Technology Education, Experiential Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Employer Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Computer Science, Supervision, Student Evaluation, Employment Qualifications, Biomedicine
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: JFF (Jobs for the Future)
Identifiers - Location: Florida
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1760993