Edwards, Kathryn AnneHertel-Fernandez, AlexCauthen, Nancy K.2019-07-022019-07-022010http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90852Doing an internship while in college has become a near prerequisite for obtaining a good job. Yet internships are often out of reach for low-income students because most of them are unpaid. This report outlines the limitations of the current college internship system, and proposes the creation of subsidies for low-income college students to pursue internships at non-profit organizations or government agencies. The strategies include building on the Federal Work-Study Program, having colleges and universities compete for institutional grants to design their own programs and administering grants to low-income interns in federal agencies and Congress.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalFederal Work-Study Programinternship programslabor marketlow-income studentsReporthttps://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/PavingWay_PaidInternships_Demos.pdf