Describes a program aimed at helping to alleviate the problems of high turnover of science teachers in inner city schools and of high unemployment of scientists and engineers by establishing an intern program to credential people with science related background. (SLH)

This study examines three critical aspects of the school-visitation programs of art museums in the United States and Europe: the prevalence of volunteer guides and how museum personnel are training them, the ways various museums are involving classroom teachers in the school-visitation programs, and how these programs are evaluated. (Author/RK)

This article outlines possible internship programs that prospective teachers could engage in before taking any college teaching courses. (JD)

Recommends a four-part structure for retrospective internship reports: (1) introduction, (2) narrative, (3) analysis and evaluation, and (4) appendix. Advises teachers to present the report form to the student before the internship begins to add structure to the internship experience. (SKC)

The Luce Foundation has pledged grants over the next five years to support existing university-based Asian study centers by supporting efforts to strengthen faculties and library resources and to increase public understanding of the region and its countries. (MSE)

Focuses on the interaction patterns of child life interns, nurses, parents, and other attending adults with hospitalized children. Hospital study uses quantitative/qualitative analyses. Suggests that more attention be given to sensitizing child life interns to the importance of involving parents in socially stimulating play with their children.…

Acting on recent evidence indicating the potential for success in business careers for humanities and social sciences graduates, this article describes how a sociology department modified its coursework to better accommodate the business career potential of its students. (JDH)

A graduate student who has participated in a student internship program in business presents seven rules to follow to make the experience most effective. (MBR)

An internship/residency model of teacher education was developed by the California Consortium on the Beginning Years of Teaching. A successful initiation of the model and problems that prevented implementation elsewhere are described. (DF)

Focuses on the primary interactions of the intern with the supervisor, colleagues, and co-workers within the structural framework of the organization, and examines the ways in which the expectations of the intern and other organization members affect these relations. (Author)

This paper describes a unique city government internship program that combines a full-time internship experience with seminar sessions to foster the connections between the theory and practice of municipal government administration. The paper notes that the program was developed as a way of providing a richly textured and rigorously conducted…

This report describes the "Year Up" program, an innovative technology training program, that prepares and places low-income, urban young adults in entry-level IT jobs while also preparing them for college. The program targets recent high school graduates and GED recipients between the ages of 18 and 24 who are either unemployed or…

This directory informs Latino youth about the various scholarship, internship, and fellowship programs available to them. While scholarship awards help students obtain a college education, fellowship and internship programs enable Latino students and young professionals to build and develop their leadership and analytical skills. Seventy-five…

This study examined the role of the administrator education internship in perpetuating the gap in relationships between teachers and administrators. It explored the moral socialization that teachers in pre-service administrative preparation programs experienced while engaged in administrative internships, examining the messages that administrative…

The era of economic dominance supported by the existence of a large and inexpensive labor pool, and expanding domestic market, and/or exploitation of natural resources is over in the United States. It's time to work smarter, not just work harder. Thus, the economic vitality of any region in a modern economy is dependent on the ability of its…