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Congress' Expense Report: $4.4 Million for House Interns and Pages

(July 21) -- Nice work, if you can get it. But chances are you can't, unless you happen to still be in school. Full Report How Congress Spent Your $1 Billion Food Tab: $604K on Bottled Water Interns and Pages: $4.4 Million News and Research: $1.2 Million Travel: $1.4 Million a Month Congress Is a PC: Just $22K on...

Debate: Interns Deserve Full Protection of the Law

(June 21) -- Internships give students the chance to preview employers and learn new skills, but in recent years, they have also become a prerequisite to a job for many college graduates entering the labor force. A National Association of Colleges and Employers survey of employers found that 76 percent of companies...

Debate: Internship Reform Only Hurts Students

(June 21) -- Have you heard about the college student who took an unpaid internship at a children's film company hoping to learn the ropes of animation, only to get assigned to wiping down door handles each day to prevent the spread of swine flu? Horror stories abound about students being exploited by employers to do...

Opinion: Confessions of a Summer Intern

(June 21) -- As summer gets into full swing, young people across the country are starting their summer jobs. Some of us are heading to summer camp, others are starting jobs at stores and apparently a few of us are even crazy enough to sign up for voluntary internment. During my past three years in college, I've subjected...

Background on internships

Internship is a system of on-the-job training for white-collar and professional careers. Internships for professional careers are similar to apprenticeships for trade and vocational jobs.

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