Problematizing College Internships: Exploring Issues with Access, Program Design, and Developmental Outcomes in three U.S. Colleges

dc.contributor.authorHora, Matthew T.en
dc.contributor.authorZi, Chenen
dc.contributor.authorParrott, Emilyen
dc.contributor.authorPa Heren
dc.date.accessed2020-02-24en
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-17T19:28:05Zen
dc.date.available2020-04-17T19:28:05Zen
dc.date.issued2019-03-01en
dc.description.abstractInternships for college students are widely promoted as a “high-impact” practice, yet the academic literature is limited by terminological imprecision, lack of data on intern demographics, and insufficient attention to the impacts of program format on student academic and developmental outcomes. In this mixed-methods study we analyze survey (n=1,129) and focus group (n=57) data from students in three diverse U.S. colleges. Results indicate that internship participation varied significantly by race, institution, enrollment status, and academic program, and that 64% of students who did not take an internship had desired to do so but could not due to scheduling conflicts with work, insufficient pay, and lack of placements in their disciplines.en
dc.description.sponsorshipWisconsin Center for Education Researchen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://wcer.wisc.edu/docs/working-papers/Working_Paper_No_2019_1.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/97742en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWisconsin Center for Education Researchen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Paper; 2019-1en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United Statesen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/en
dc.subjectinternshipsen
dc.subjectequal opportunity in higher educationen
dc.subjectHistorically Black Colleges and Universitiesen
dc.subjectcommunity collegesen
dc.titleProblematizing College Internships: Exploring Issues with Access, Program Design, and Developmental Outcomes in three U.S. Collegesen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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