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ERIC Number: EJ1311281
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Oct
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0164-775X
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Paid School Psychology Internships: An Important Tool for Recruiting Students and Limiting Student Loan Debt
Prus, Joseph S.
Communique, v50 n2 p1, 24, 26-27 Oct 2021
Most, but not all school psychology internships in the United States include an intern stipend (Prus et al., 2014). Such financial support for this stage of graduate preparation is critical, especially considering the increasing loan debt incurred by graduate students and imitations in earning power (i.e., opportunity cost) during what is usually a full-time internship experience. Financial support is also critical to the recruitment of students into the field, especially students from less affluent economic backgrounds. This includes historically marginalized and minoritized groups, who on average borrow more for their graduate studies than do their White counterparts (Espinosa et al., 2019). In this article, Joseph S. Prus proposes that school psychology national organizations, state associations, graduate programs, and internship field sites make it a collective goal to achieve "100% funding for school psychology internships by the 2026-2027 academic year." Such support can help enhance student recruitment, increase the range of internship opportunities for those who otherwise could not participate in unpaid internships, and ease the overall burden of school psychology student debt.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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