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Tue, 9 Apr 1996 09:53:52 EST |
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Throughout the current discussion, we have been hearing about student
costs and non-reimbursement. May I address the institutions costs for
the internship. Our internships are also unpaid positions, only
because non-profit institutions generally do not have funding for its
current staff muchless for temporary internships, however, we do
provide the mentorship and supplies for the interns to learn their
skills. Having been a mentor for many years, I can say that I spend
much more time sharing my time and expertise than receiving the
equivalent amount of production from the interns as from a trained
staff person. I recognize this inequity and and have chosen to accept
this by continuing my mentorship but, while I empathize with the
students about being in debt (as I also was once a debt-ridden
student), I hope that they realize that the institutions that they are
volunteering at are non-profit institutions who are taking time to
provide the students with valuable expertise and opportunity to
enhance the students' future employment opportunities. I think that
we could all say that it would cheaper for us in time and staff
productivity not to have internships at all but that is not our way of
sharing so we accept and value our interns, we just can't seem to find
a sponsor to fund that line of our financial statement.
Carole DeFord
Collections Manager
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