Ivy Fleck Strickler wrote- As a grad student advisor, and as a part-time director of an underfunded museum, I see a lot of unpaid internships. The best way to "defend" the practice, as I see it, is to balance it against what a student would pay if he or she took a course in museum practice, instead of taking an unpaid internship. Many students have to pay tuition for their internship credits. I had to pay over $2000 in tuition for my internship credits, in addition to quitting my job in a very tight job market. This makes for a very expensive course in museum practice. I was fortunate enough to get a modest NEA grant to support one of my internships, but... Andrea Mugnier John F. Kennedy University Orinda, CA A [log in to unmask]