Institutional design of public service internships: Conceptual, academic, and structural problems
Alexander J.R.
1982
Teaching Political Science
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10.1080/00922013.1982.9942910
This paper is designed to evaluate the types of problems that arise when undergraduate institutions establish public service internship programs in response to student interest in applied field experience prior to entry into the labor market. It deals with the relationship between internships and liberal arts curricula, structural and staffing problems within institutions, and student recruitment for internship positions. Essentially it argues that many program problems emerge because institutions do not completely address the conceptual role of field experience within the context of a traditional liberal arts curriculum. © 1982 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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