Identifies strategies for attaining minorities and for improving the current status of underrepresented minorities in academic libraries. A plan for action is presented which includes internships for minorities, the Targets of Opportunity Program (TOPS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, recruiting by networking, and a mentoring…

Provides a conceptual framework for coordination of the practicum/internship program, viewing it as the management of a system. Identifies important components and explores their impact on the system. Suggests ways to fulfill the needs and demands of students, faculty, the university, the placement settings and their clients, and the counseling…

College students who worked as interns for the Chinese Progressive Association in New York City in 1988 describe their experiences. They helped the organization with their energy, knowledge of computers, and bilingual skills. However, they were dismayed to see the political disenfranchisement and the gerrymandering which occurs in the Chinatown…

Results of a study of 73 undergraduate interns in health education professional preparation programs are reported. The study utilized motivational theory, the Personal Investment Theory, to identify motivational characteristics of community health education interns and to analyze the interaction of these characteristics with characteristics of the…

The internship component of the five-year teacher preparation program at University of New Hampshire is described. Two assumptions central to the internship are: (1) skills and concepts are best introduced in the context of field experience, and (2) interns' concerns about learning to teach occur in a predictable pattern. (IAH)

Notes that in the prevalent clinical training model, experienced clinicians provide direct supervision for trainees. Reviews literature to examine what and how evaluations of training could be conducted. Offers guidelines for developing an evaluation package to provide ongoing performance evaluation of internship training and data collection to…

Agencies that served as field placements for the Simmons College School of Social Work (n=101) responded to questionnaires asking about the effects of major funding cuts on their agencies and their training of social work interns. Although more than half reported supervisory cutbacks and increased dependence on less experienced staff, the agencies…

This article describes the internship program developed by the Jackson (Mississippi) Public School District's Academic and Performing Arts Complex. Visual arts internships allow junior or senior students to get on-the-job experience (two hours on each of three days for six weeks) at sites including museums, television stations, and photography…

Studies changes in the motivation of senior student teachers to teach in an urban setting during their student teaching internship in an urban public school. Findings with 38 teacher candidates indicate that motivation to teach in an urban setting was strengthened during student teaching. (SLD)

Outlines key factors doctoral students need to consider when selecting a marriage and family therapy (MFT) internship site, including quality and type of supervision, clinical caseload and type of clients, additional training opportunities, professional contacts and social support, and the effects of the board of directors on the internship…

Intending to organize a somewhat traditional teacher training program, a high school in Bellmore, New York, partnered with Adelphi University's School of Education and created an innovative program that provides student teachers with a paid, on-the-job internship beyond the 10-week student teaching period. (MLH)

Interviews with 30 vocational-industrial teachers certified through Program VITAL (Vocational Intern Teaching that is Applied Learning) and 29 others showed that VITAL participants devoted more time and effort to critical review and analysis of their teaching and their classes' performance. Beginning teachers particularly were more reflective than…

Explains the Academic Library Management Intern Program, which was developed and sponsored by the Council on Library Resources (CLR), and presents excerpts from interviews with librarians who successfully completed the program and with host library directors. Issues addressed include skills learned during the internship and changes in career…

Career-technical education may be informal on-the-job training, organized workplace education, community college or technical institute programs, or apprenticeships, internships, and cooperative agreements. Another alternative is polytechnical education: providing technical and general studies for adults in existing school facilities after school…

Describes a high school publications advisor's month-long internship at the Louisville "Courier-Journal" and how the experience shed light on her work as an advisor. (SR)