Internship in Higher Education

Chu, Samuel Kai Wah

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“…Internships, however, are not only about learning how to communicate with different employees and clients. Throughout the internship, interns will learn a variety of other technical, leadership, managerial, organizational, ethical, and professional skills, which, in turn, makes them more competitive in the job market [7][8][9][10][11][12]. Specifically, studies have found that internships have a positive correlation with future job satisfaction [13,14], the ability to secure a job quickly and with ease [13,15], a higher salary [13,16], and the attractiveness of candidates to recruiters [13,17].…”

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“…There have been numerous studies on the benefits of internship experience [7,[18][19][20]. However, the benefits of a potential internship class for students in CM programs at universities have not yet been investigated.…”

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“…Each of these stakeholders may benefit or face challenges from the class. They may also have different perceptions of an internship program and have different ideas about its goals [7,40,41]. From the students' standpoint, an internship class will provide a structured framework for them to learn and gain more knowledge while interning.…”

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“…From the students' standpoint, an internship class will provide a structured framework for them to learn and gain more knowledge while interning. For the students, the challenging part might be securing an internship position for the class [7]. From the employers' standpoint, an internship is a win/win condition because once the intern completes the internship with the company, the employer can potentially hire a trained employee after the intern completes their education at university.…”

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“…Better and well-prepared students that graduate from a specific university will build up a good reputation for that university. The challenge, however, might be inadequate support from the university to the interns, inadequate assessment methods for the internship class, and/or finding an appropriate teaching method and instructor [7]. Divine et al (2007) studied the advantages of a required internship class in the marketing program and argued that, although a required internship class for marketing students is beneficial, the marketing department may face some challenges for implementing the internship program into the curriculum.…”

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Evaluation of an Interview-Based Internship Class in the Construction Management Curriculum: A Case Study of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Internships have been shown to be impactful tools to connect students’ learning in academia with real-world industrial needs. To help the students to get more out of their internship experience, some universities provide a summer internship class in which students do class assignments based on their experiences during their internship. There have been numerous studies on the benefits of internships. However, the benefits of a potential internship class for students in construction management (CM) programs at universities have not yet been investigated. This paper demonstrates the structure of an interview-based internship class and investigates its effectiveness. We have focused on the CM program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) as a case study. We sent online questionnaires to the intern students who took the class, students’ mentors, and the professors who taught the class. The results indicate that despite some challenges to meet the requirements of the class, the students, their mentors, and the professor found the class beneficial. The results of this paper are expected to help CM programs with the establishment and improvement of internship classes in their curriculum.

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Disparity learning during youth internships in Singapore

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Bhutani

2022

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Virtual internship during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring IT students satisfaction

AlGhamdi

2022

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PurposeThis paper examined the evaluation of the virtual internship program for KAU IT students during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 summer.Design/methodology/approachA mixed-method survey was utilized for the data collection. Out of 164 enrolled students in the 2020 summer training program, 147 students opted to participate. This gives a response rate of 89.6% of the total students' number who could participate. In addition to collecting quantitative data, qualitative data were collected. The sources for qualitative data were survey open questions, weekly reflective writing and video recordings.FindingsThe quantitative result showed that the students were satisfied with their virtual internship. These results were further qualitatively explored and discussed under five themes: information and knowledge, work experience, live interaction, the comfort of achieving tasks and soft skills. The outcomes showed that the plan which offered students opportunities to be trained online with real companies accomplishing real work tasks was the best in fulfilling the requirements of the internship. Thus, it emphasized the importance of a strong alliance with the industry to provide useful virtual internship opportunities.Research limitations/implicationsThough this study made a novel contribution to the timely literature on the COVID-19 pandemic, it is not without its limitations. The difference in the three sample sizes makes it difficult to get in-depth comparative analysis. For future research, it is highly recommended to study the impact of online training with real existing companies on a relatively larger sample number.Practical implicationsIn order for a higher educational institute to successfully adopt the proposed plans for the virtual internship, here are the reflections and lessons learned from our three plans. (1) Emphasize your efforts on extending your partnership with the private sector and computing industry. (2) The MCIT training focuses on developing technical skills; therefore, it is great to be offered to students in the computing field as extracurricular activities but not as the fulfillment of the internship program. (3) Blackboard training sessions, which cover nontechnical skills, are good to be offered prior to the internship.Social implicationsFor governmental human resource agencies, it is highly recommended to further develop and invest in manpower to develop online platforms. In normal situations, these platforms act as an extra training resource. In abnormal situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic, they act as useful source for online training. For students, this sudden unexpected transition from normal to online training should enrich them with the ability to be flexible and adaptive, tune them with opportunities for independent and innovative creative work, encourage them to take risks and provide them with opportunities to do things differently. As an outcome, students will enhance their self-efficacy and capabilities.Originality/valueDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, not only classes and internship programs have been done remotely but increasingly jobs have also gone in that direction. A virtual internship today might be good preparation for the virtual/remote work of tomorrow. For this reason, this study was conducted to add a novel contribution to the virtual internship literature.

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Internship in Higher Education

Cited by 4 publications

References 65 publications

Evaluation of an Interview-Based Internship Class in the Construction Management Curriculum: A Case Study of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Evaluation of an Interview-Based Internship Class in the Construction Management Curriculum: A Case Study of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Disparity learning during youth internships in Singapore

Virtual internship during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring IT students satisfaction

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