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Internships are a high-impact practice that can provide students with valuable career skills, a professional network and on-the-job experience, but not every student participates in these opportunities. A recent report found of the 8.2 million students who wanted to intern in 2023, close to half didn’t do so. Many of these students are from historically marginalized groups, including first-generation, low-income and community college students and students of color.
In this episode, host Ashley Mowreader speaks with Gretchen Heaton, associate vice provost for career and professional success and high-impact practices at the University of New Hampshire, to learn about how UNH is increasing rich work-based learning opportunities through intentional professional development for student workers.
Listen to the episode here and learn more about The Key here.
Read a transcript of the podcast here.