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Greifner, Laura – Education Week, 2006
When it comes to getting into college, admissions experts differ on the value of summer jobs compared with that of academic programs, unpaid internships, foreign travel, or other activities designed to look good on a college application. This article presents some views from these experts regarding the value of students' summer jobs. They believe,…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, Student Employment, Seasonal Employment
Greifner, Laura – Education Week, 2006
Throngs of people cover the concrete walkways of Dorney Park, an amusement park about an hour north of Philadelphia. Employees under the age of 18 make up about 40 percent of the park's summer workforce, and, park officials say, are even more crucial to its operations later in the season, when college-student employees go back to school and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Seasonal Employment, Student Employment, Temporary Employment