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21st Century Internships: Engaging Academically And Experientially Prepared First And Second Year College Students, Cynthia Simon, Mary C. Black Oct 2015

21st Century Internships: Engaging Academically And Experientially Prepared First And Second Year College Students, Cynthia Simon, Mary C. Black

CAS Internship Office Faculty Presentations

In this age of technology and early career planning, high school students are increasingly engaged in academically rigorous internships. However, they often must wait several years before being allowed to participate in college internships. This PowerPoint presentation highlights the secondary internship best practice credentials, challenges the high school to college internship gap, and concludes with ideas to help stakeholders troubleshoot, design, pitch, and implement 200-level credit-bearing internship programs for first and second year college students.