Describes a summer internship as a faculty technical writer with a business corporation, revising installation manuals based upon information from computer programers--an experience that highlighted technical writers' need for interpersonal skills. (HTH)

A field experience program balances great potential for learning against a major expenditure of resources and requires vision, commitment, flexibility, and persistence to implement. It enhances academic learning through use of the outside world's resources and provides a link to the world in which students prepare to live. (MSE)

Advises school business managers to employ administrative interns as extra hands to research potential programs and policies, develop fundraising activities, write newsletters, coordinate volunteer and community relations activities, and many other functions. Rationale and procedures for creating cost-effective mentoring or professional…

Suggests that current academic orientation of graduate education in sociology poses a number of barriers in preparing students for applied careers and demonstrates problems of training versus career reality. Proposes that graduate programs offer a variety of options within a broadly defined applied track, expanding opportunities for students to…

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)

A seminar/internship model of multidisciplinary team training is described and evaluation data reported for seminar value and organization, team knowledge and skills, internship team functioning, and self-evaluation of team competencies. (CL)

Reveals that the University of Pittsburgh now requires all future English teachers to take an internship in the university's writing workshop while they are taking a methods and theory course in the teaching of composition. Discusses the effects on the program on the teacher candidates. (FL)

Describes the various categories of employment available to undergraduate and graduate technical writing students. Distinguishes between internships and externships, the latter designating practice at a location at which the student will not necessarily seek permanent employment. (HTH)

Describes a successful program in which students get college credit for working in the offices of local government officers. (DC)

Some colleges are moving the reading methods course from the college classroom to an elementary school so that students may obtain first hand practical experience along with theory. (JH)

The personal observations of a participant in the Administrative Intern Program for Women in Higher Education are offered. Problems are cited, but the overall significance of the program is emphasized. (LBH)

This paper claims that preparation programs in educational administration do not prepare principals for the challenges they will face in their schools. Such programs do not address the real-life situations in which principals find themselves, and internships are typically insufficient in helping future leaders hone their skills. The essay states…

One challenge faced by any educational leadership program is how to develop effective entry-level school administrators. Many administrative interns receive no real administrative practice at all through their internship, and yet upon completion of the internship, they are expected to be competent administrators. The internship at Sam Houston…