Faculty members should consider immersing themselves into the workforce as a means of faculty development so they can observe first-hand the challenges facing their profession. This article illustrates an example of a business faculty internship and the positive impact it had on the faculty, students, employer, and curriculum. A faculty internship…

During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global lockdowns changed the way food was accessed and prepared. These changes at the consumer level impacted farms and fisheries of all types and sizes. To compensate for the loss of larger markets and restaurant revenue, small-scale food producers pivoted to direct marketing to remain viable during…

As experts that have recently transitioned from practicing in the special education field, special education doctoral students are crucial levers that can influence special education policy and advocacy initiatives. This article details the unique role doctoral students play in this work, ways doctoral students can familiarize themselves with…

This article describes the success of a class at Greenville Technical College through the 360 Institute grant from the Department of Education. In the First Year Seminar (FYS) class, the instructor also serves as the students' advisor, and the class focuses on financial literacy and eight career readiness competencies focusing on key…

Careers in information systems and technology are top-rated and growing, yet universities are challenged to recruit students into information technology (IT) majors and organizations struggle to find talent with IT and digital skills. Experiential mentorship programs offer an opportunity for both academia and industry to attract students into…

NEETs represent a category at risk for social exclusion and may show poor non-cognitive skills. In this review we target this issue, taking the contemporary theory of skills formation as a theoretical framework. Intrapersonal agency and motivational components, including educational aspirations, goal attainability, and investing in active efforts…

User experience (UX) internships generate ideas for usability projects, improve the design of existing and new services, investigate users' motivations and behavior, and build transferable skills for interns. This case study proposes a micro-internship model, grounded in the design cycle, that institutions can adapt to address their libraries and…

Purpose: Using a Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach, this paper examines whether internships can stand as a viable alternative to Higher Degree Apprenticeships (HDAs) within the UK Higher Education (HE) context. It was a process that was undertaken to identify work-integrated schemes as a part of a curriculum portfolio transformation project.…

Internships and practicums are a required component of nearly all degree programs in human services and its subfields--and most are unpaid. These unpaid positions often have a disproportionate impact for BIPOC and first-generation students, especially women--many of whom are economically disadvantaged and must work to support themselves and…

AB 471 requires that the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing report to the Governor and the Legislature each year on the number of teachers who received credentials, certificates, permits and waivers. This report provides data collected by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing and addresses several questions regarding the…