This case study helps students better understand barriers to youth sport participation that low-income families face and then offer solutions to alleviate some barriers and create a more inclusive sport community. The case focuses on the struggle that many sport organizations face when trying to increase diversity and inclusiveness, regardless of…

This volume offers the first comprehensive guide to how high-impact practices (HIPs) are being implemented in online environments and how they can be adjusted to meet the needs of online learners. This multi-disciplinary approach will assist faculty and administrators to effectively implement HIPs in distance education courses and online programs.…

Reports on the close interaction between faculty, students, and professional newspaper staff in a Florida college community. (RL)

Examines various students' comments or assessments of their newspaper internship programs. (HOD)

Addresses questions about academic credit and grading procedures for journalism internship programs. Provides information on how one school has dealt with the issue. (RL)

Presents a master syllabus describing a communication course designed to (1) maintain a hands-on internship experience for students; (2) provide a method for integrating theoretical principles into "real-world" settings; and (3) offer an avenue for faculty supervisors to receive credit for time spent teaching and administering…

Describes various ways scholastic journalism advisers have attempted to make real-world connections to boost their journalism programs: critiques of student publications by invited guest speakers (professional journalists); regional workshops where professionals offer short presentations; local media offering programming or special sections aimed…

Noting the increasing importance of internship experiences in the graduate training of students for applied careers, this article presents a comprehensive case study analysis of an internship program. It reviews such issues as student preparation, supervision, grading, and intern-sponsor matching. (JDH)

Noting difficult and potentially dangerous situations encountered by students in their internships, this article describes a professional socialization course designed to foster awareness of professional ethics, organizations, journals, and, through case studies, practices. (JDH)

Describes how media students are evaluated in paid, summer, radio-television news internships. (PD)

To counteract the declining numbers of school business administrators and to fill a void in current programs of educational administration across the state and the nation, the State University of New York at Brockport Department of Educational Administration is implementing a new school business administration program (SBA Program) in September…

Presents 10 teaching tips in the areas of advertising, news reporting and writing, interviewing, radio broadcasting, videotape editing, and internships. (HTH)

Intends to help high school journalism students understand the field they are preparing for by presenting brief descriptions of a day in the work life of a television news reporter, a TV anchor/reporter, and a television news assignment editor. Describes the five-week internship at a local television news station of a journalism instructor. (SR)

In 1989, the Texas Alliance for Science, Technology, and Mathematics Education began placing teachers at industry sites as part of its Texas Teacher Internship Program (TTIP). TTIP is a competitive program for science, technology, and mathematics teachers who serve as summer interns at industry and university sites in order to experience…

The ways in which individual German language teachers can help students of business secure for themselves junior management-level internships with German firms are discussed. The individual approach rather than participation in a ready-made program is seen as valuable because it requires the student to take initiative, develop his or her…