The following quotes are from a study completed in 2022 at Metropolitan State University of Denver. We interviewed students, agency partners and faculty field liaisons about their experiences with employment-based internships.
More Student Quotes
Theme- Role Clarity: "My agency really honored the fact that I was actively learning and developing.”
-Student
Theme- Optimize Learning: “I’ve already been in my role and now I can put my internship hat on and really focus on the social work aspect. And I feel like that really optimizes my learning in every way.”
-Student
Theme- Role Clarity: "Roles are less obvious, and being a student is less clear.”
-AP
Theme- Challenges: “Students need to differentiate the supervision in the job from the internship, and keep those boundaries.”
-AP
Theme- Equity: "It definitely removes barriers to life circumstances like money issues and offers career pathways.”
-FFL
Theme- Optimize Learning: “Offers deeper learning as they often skip orientation and beginning stages of learning.”
-FFL
Theme- Challenges: Competencies might not be all that congruent with the job role, and there are nuances with boundaries
-FFL
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