The Academic Internship Program (AIP), an experiential education program in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg high schools, is described in this paper. The program utilizes one-on-one and group internships to apply academic learning to real-life problem solving. Implementing a "whole brain" approach, a goal is to provide opportunities for…

A description and analysis of the transition and transformation experienced by interns in educational administration, with a focus on meaning from the interns' perspective, are presented. Methodology involved document analysis, participant observation, and informal interviews with 50 administrative interns. A model of the evolution of meaning in…

This report describes the origin, purposes, and operation of the North Carolina Leadership Institute for Principals. Initiated in July 1979 by the State Superintendent for Public Instruction and supported by state funds, the institute develops programs that blend theory into practice, concentrating mainly on the development of leadership,…

The Lyon (France) Graduate School of Business (ESCL), an institution widely recognized for its training quality and depended on regionally to train executives in international business, requires two traineeships of students of international business, the first of which is linguistic in nature. ESCL requires its graduates to speak English and one…

The first draft of a proposal for a book tentatively entitled "College and Beyond: Library Information Sources on Careers," this document provides information intended to aid career changers, career counselors, and librarians seeking career information in the library. The book is organized around three principal areas of interest for people going…

This paper summarizes the results of the empirical evaluation of the Outward Bound component of the 1987 Career Beginnings Program. Career Beginnings is a national, privately funded program designed to increase the probability that minority high school youth will either attend college or find good jobs following high school graduation. The Outward…

Replacing student teaching with internships and replacing clinical supervision with mentoring have been suggested as needed reforms in teacher preparation. Memphis State University (Tennessee) has initiated three different secondary teacher preparation programs: (1) a baccalaureate program with a full day and 10- to 12-week intership; (2) a 15…

Strategies for finding a job internship, especially those particular to Kalamazoo College, are described in this handbook. After an introduction discussing the benefits of a liberal arts education, the benefits to employers and students of cooperative education and internships are discussed. Details of Kalamazoo College's internship program are…

The chronology of ideas and events that nurtured the development of field-based experience to train educational leaders is presented. The philosophical and intellectual foundations upon which field experience is based are identified. Field-based experience is a supervised on-the-job learning approach that is conducted in such ways as internships,…

An earlier review (Daresh and LaPlant 1985) resulted in an impression that most field-based training in educational administration is understaffed and undervalued. Accordingly, this review analyzes the historical development of apprenticeship models used in the preparation and continuing education of practitioners in medicine and law, in order to…

To determine the impact of college and professional experiences on journalists, interviews were conducted with graduating journalism majors at three universities in the springs of 1980 through 1982. Follow-up questionnaires were mailed in the summer following graduation. In another phase of the project, questionnaires were given to 485 journalists…

Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation of present and future technical communicators. The 11 papers discuss the following topics: (1)…

Seventy-four participants were asked to evaluate a liberal arts internship program, using a 73-item questionnaire. The program consists of three components: a three day per week internship, an urban studies seminar, and an optional independent study component. The program was evaluated in terms of five program goals. The evaluation indicated that…

Guidelines are presented for implementing field placements in social gerontology courses. After an introduction comparing the focus, objectives, and content of two types of experience--the liberal arts field placement and the human services internship--the paper is divided into three sections. These outline recommendations for the organization,…

The six chapters in this publication describe the scope of school/business partnership activity in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Following the first chapter's introductory remarks, chapter 2 outlines methodology for the research project. Surveys were sent to superintendents of schools and to various businesses thought likely to be involved in…